Got Milk?

I was just listening to a discussion on “assimilation” and the question was whether or not it was a good thing. And what does that word mean? Absorption, adaptation and integration are some of the synonyms. As a society, we have never done that. We still maintain our tribal ways and do not wish to change. We only expect others (immigrants) to change, to be more “like us”, whatever that means. We love our gated communities that keep assimilators out…unless they came to mow the lawn. We want them to speak English, but only so that we don’t have to use sign language to tell them not to cut the petunias. For myself, I don’t care much for assimilation and having differences makes us a richer society. Homogenization is for milk, not for people.