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NOV 11, 2014
Discuss the conflicts between generations in immigrant families
The strong bond in the relationship of the new generation and
their elder generation is a major factor in causing conflicts
between the two generations. No matter how long the new
generations have lived in the new land or how much he or she
have assimilated in the new life, there is always a natural
feeling present in every person to defend their ethnicity. The
person who is born in an environment where there is a similar
ethnicity population will always present the concept of kinship.
However, although there is a strong relationship between the
generations, it actually still causes conflicts in the immigrant’s
lives. For example, in the article “ Iranian Women and Gender
Relations in Los Angles “, the author shows that the Iranian
parents usually try to sustain the Iranian culture in America, so
they get their daughters married to a traditional Iranian guy who
does not permit her job or anything. He adds that such these
things are unacceptable for the Iranian women now. Which at
the end the conflicts have caused increasing in divorce rate,
(Tohidi. N.a). This clarify the effects of the strong kinship of
the Iranian parents and their children because the Iranian
daughters try to satisfy their parents and family by accepting a
partner who is from the same race, while then it ended up with a
divorce.
The effects of the strong kinship in the immigrants life was
also presenting in the documentary film “ Kelly Loves Tony “.
Kelly and Tony are both Asian American. Like most of the
teenagers, they met each other and fell in love. Lately, Kelly
got pregnant, and she had to move to her boyfriend’s family
house. Tony and his family asked her to give up her college
studies in order to stay in their house and be housewife as it is
common in the Asian culture. Every time when Tony’s mother
asked him to demand Kelly in order to do something, he did
demand Kelly to do. She faced so many obstacles with Tony and
his family such as taking care of eight kids, and because of
these obstacles, it all reflected negatively in their life. There
were so many conflicts during the film between Kelly and her
boyfriend’s family.
Another major factor that causes conflicts between the
generations is the assimilation that new generations have went
through. Usually the new generations tend to assimilate to the
American culture while the elder generations want to maintain
the original culture, and this causes conflicts between them.
Even if the relationships between both generations are strong,
the new generation will naturally assimilate with the culture
that they raised in, and the assimilating will present in their
life. Things like that are not acceptable for the elder
generations, and they will get angry from their children when
they see them get embarrassed from their original culture. In the
article “ Exposures children of immigrants”, Sruti Swaminathan
who is an Indian-American, says “Growing up, we ate
traditional Indian food for breakfast and dinner every day and I
would have had it for lunch, too, but unfortunately I was too
embarrassed to bring Indian food to school”, (Maucci, n.a).
Those new generations are not a result of a single culture.
We may see some of them wear khaki pajamas from the Asian
civilization and drink like Spanish culture or they are technical
as Japanese. Their personalities and behaviors are affected by
the mixing of two cultures. For instance, in the Arabian culture
the reasoning is not allowed, the children do not do the
reasoning but they accept the orders of parents. However,
whenever it comes to other civilizations, reasoning is something
casual, so an Arabian child who born in America may have the
reasoning ability, and he is unaware of the trend of Arabian’s
culture, (Maucci, n.a). When the fathers see some magazine
having biceps in it, the fathers are amazed now. For them it is a
crazy thing. They are suspicious about weekend activities of
children. Though the generation gaps are always there but when
it comes to immigrants generation then the gaps are evener
severe because there are generational gaps as well as the other
gaps like cultural gap. When children go to play games on
weekend or do combine study late night it is awkward for
parents. Now there is a trend to spend Friday with friends while
entertainment whereas in various old generations there is a
concept that Fridays are spent at home, as per family ritual.
Generations have had enough of boring Fridays with lot of
magazine surfing etc. no doubt rituals are followed by ancestors
and now immigrant nations do not understand these rituals
because this generation is not born in that ritual, (Lopez, n.a).

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  • 1. Abdulrahman Abonayan Second draft NOV 11, 2014 Discuss the conflicts between generations in immigrant families The strong bond in the relationship of the new generation and their elder generation is a major factor in causing conflicts between the two generations. No matter how long the new generations have lived in the new land or how much he or she have assimilated in the new life, there is always a natural feeling present in every person to defend their ethnicity. The person who is born in an environment where there is a similar ethnicity population will always present the concept of kinship. However, although there is a strong relationship between the generations, it actually still causes conflicts in the immigrant’s lives. For example, in the article “ Iranian Women and Gender Relations in Los Angles “, the author shows that the Iranian parents usually try to sustain the Iranian culture in America, so they get their daughters married to a traditional Iranian guy who does not permit her job or anything. He adds that such these things are unacceptable for the Iranian women now. Which at the end the conflicts have caused increasing in divorce rate, (Tohidi. N.a). This clarify the effects of the strong kinship of the Iranian parents and their children because the Iranian daughters try to satisfy their parents and family by accepting a partner who is from the same race, while then it ended up with a divorce. The effects of the strong kinship in the immigrants life was also presenting in the documentary film “ Kelly Loves Tony “. Kelly and Tony are both Asian American. Like most of the teenagers, they met each other and fell in love. Lately, Kelly got pregnant, and she had to move to her boyfriend’s family house. Tony and his family asked her to give up her college
  • 2. studies in order to stay in their house and be housewife as it is common in the Asian culture. Every time when Tony’s mother asked him to demand Kelly in order to do something, he did demand Kelly to do. She faced so many obstacles with Tony and his family such as taking care of eight kids, and because of these obstacles, it all reflected negatively in their life. There were so many conflicts during the film between Kelly and her boyfriend’s family. Another major factor that causes conflicts between the generations is the assimilation that new generations have went through. Usually the new generations tend to assimilate to the American culture while the elder generations want to maintain the original culture, and this causes conflicts between them. Even if the relationships between both generations are strong, the new generation will naturally assimilate with the culture that they raised in, and the assimilating will present in their life. Things like that are not acceptable for the elder generations, and they will get angry from their children when they see them get embarrassed from their original culture. In the article “ Exposures children of immigrants”, Sruti Swaminathan who is an Indian-American, says “Growing up, we ate traditional Indian food for breakfast and dinner every day and I would have had it for lunch, too, but unfortunately I was too embarrassed to bring Indian food to school”, (Maucci, n.a). Those new generations are not a result of a single culture. We may see some of them wear khaki pajamas from the Asian civilization and drink like Spanish culture or they are technical as Japanese. Their personalities and behaviors are affected by the mixing of two cultures. For instance, in the Arabian culture the reasoning is not allowed, the children do not do the reasoning but they accept the orders of parents. However, whenever it comes to other civilizations, reasoning is something casual, so an Arabian child who born in America may have the reasoning ability, and he is unaware of the trend of Arabian’s culture, (Maucci, n.a). When the fathers see some magazine having biceps in it, the fathers are amazed now. For them it is a
  • 3. crazy thing. They are suspicious about weekend activities of children. Though the generation gaps are always there but when it comes to immigrants generation then the gaps are evener severe because there are generational gaps as well as the other gaps like cultural gap. When children go to play games on weekend or do combine study late night it is awkward for parents. Now there is a trend to spend Friday with friends while entertainment whereas in various old generations there is a concept that Fridays are spent at home, as per family ritual. Generations have had enough of boring Fridays with lot of magazine surfing etc. no doubt rituals are followed by ancestors and now immigrant nations do not understand these rituals because this generation is not born in that ritual, (Lopez, n.a).