Loss of Culture and Language

               

            Throughout time, culture and language loss has become more common.  It can be due to many things, but the real question is if it is a good thing or bad thing.  Realistically it can depend on how you view it.  I personally would see it as not necessarily as a horrible thing, but I would see it kind of bad.  My reason for thinking is that when someone grows up they would like to know where they came from and be able to have a sense of culture.  I am Mexican American, I was born in Chicago and my family loves to visit Mexico.  We have a lot of family over there and knowing the culture and the language helps one better understand and be able to communicate with family members or people from Mexico.  Although I do believe that it can be bad, I also believe it is never the kids fault for not knowing his/her culture or language.  Kids do not teach themselves and I do feel that parents need to educate their kids and it really comes down to them if their children know their own culture and would be able to speak to their grandma in her native tongue.  Although it might be bad, it is not going to cause the world to go into chaos either.  

              The good that I can see out of culture and language loss (not sure if everywhere) in the United States is the evidence of a melting pot forming.  Most people immigrated to the United States to come live and work to ultimately achieve the “American Dream.”  Its usually becomes lost with the new batch of Americans born in the United States with parents that immigrated here.  The new American born generations grow up to focus more on the American culture and often end up being monolingual in English.  The good that can come out of this certain situation is that with all the races and ethnicities learning English and the American culture, we as a country can become whole instead of being segregated by color and /or race.  Referring to the article, “Study Links Biodiversity and Language Loss,” they agree that the loss of culture and language is linked to the loss of biodiversity. 
              In the end though the world has been going on for many years and there has been many cultures and languages made and gone but the world does not stop moving forward.  As somebody that has been a son of an Immigrant from Mexico, I have seen much cultural and language loss throughout many peers growing up and people around the world.  It is not anybody’s fault though, especially when a lot of immigrants come here to work and get a better future for their child.  The parents can always be busy working and supporting the needs of their children and can take away from a child’s learning of the language and culture.  Not everyone has the needed resources to be able to learn correctly about their culture.  There can be many factors that can be holding them back, but in the end it is not that bad either.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/oct/5/immigration-loss-of-culture-worry-nations/?page=all

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18020636