The Examined Path Through Assimilation vs. cultural preservation

The pressure to assimilate asks people to purchase belonging at the price of heritage — to become legible to the dominant culture by shedding what makes them distinct. Cultural preservation, by contrast, insists that the fullness of who you are is not negotiable, even when it costs belonging in certain spaces. Most people navigate somewhere between these poles for their entire lives, paying the costs of each position in different seasons.

The course sequence, in order.

Each step builds on the last.