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Especially for young POC, when we enter majority-white spaces, we feel the need to assimilate, to blend in, to prove ourselves. I don't think we discuss it enough.

~Angie Thomas

Topics: Assimilate Blend Discuss Enough Enter Feel Need Ourselves Prove Spaces Think Young

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Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.

~Art Alexakis

Topics: Any Assimilate Becomes Being Built Cycle Front Going Head Just Label Life Long Major Major Label Make Musician Record Think Time Tour Where Work Write You Your

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My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

~Aubrey Plaza

Topics: Assimilate Came Easier English Grandfather His Kids Over Puerto Puerto Rico Raised Rico Speaking Them Would

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I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.

~Billy Porter

Topics: Assimilate Beat Because Being Black Butch Could Down Ever Gay Never Off Person Pull Unable Young Young Person

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No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilate the people that they bring in, and we did. I take responsibility for it. It was the first opportunity I had to hire, and I wanted to do it, and I take responsibility.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Assimilate Bring Department Did First Had Hire More Opportunity People Police Quickly Responsibility Should Take Than Wanted

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When Superman was originally created, by Siegel and Shuster, they were two Jewish immigrants that were desperately trying to assimilate into America. They were having a hard time because they were Jewish. They wanted to get in to mainstream publishing but they couldn't. That's why they, and a lot of Jewish guys, went into comic books.

~David S. Goyer

Topics: America Assimilate Because Books Comic Comic Books Created Desperately Get Guys Hard Hard Time Having Immigrants Jewish Lot Mainstream Originally Publishing Superman Time Trying Two Wanted Were Why

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I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to exercise my mind.

~Don Ameche

Topics: Able Assimilate Deliberately Exercise Going Know Many Mind Plato Read Studied Things Thomas

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First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the Christian right was so opposed to it, as well as tyrannical governments in Africa and Russia, I thought, 'It must be a good thing to fight for.'

~Edmund White

Topics: Africa Assimilate Because Christian Fight First Gay Gay Marriage Gays Good Good Thing Governments Like Marriage More Must Opposed Realized Right Russia Seemed Thing Thought Tyrannical Wanting Way Well Were A Good Thing

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To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.

~Ernest Istook

Topics: American American Citizen Any Assimilate Become Cherished Citizen Does English Help Involve Melting Melting Pot Mock More Our People Pot Read Require Right Speak Them Truly Vote Write

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