Fight Assimilation

Assimilation is the merging of many groups into one large group. When one group of people assimilates with another, the minority becomes absorbed into the larger of the two. It is like the smaller group of people loses its identity in the process. A good example is smaller or younger kids. When younger kids want to assimilate into the "cool kids" they join sports or whatever is cool at the time.

The character who assimilates is Walter. He wants to become a part of the group of people who are going to buy the liquor store, but Mama does not want him to.

I believe the play shows this as a weakness. It is shown as a weakness because Walter is succumbing to the people who want to buy the liquor store. Instead of assimilating into that group of people he could go out and pursue a venture he thinks of by himself.

People assimilate by hanging out with the group of people they would like to become. A nerd would like to become a jock so he starts to hang out with him. Although, whether he becomes one is up to them because he cam try as hard as he wants to be like them, but they decide if they want to accept him or not.

Eric Liu is an Asian-American, and white by acclamation. White people call him white and his fellow Asians call him a "banana". This is because he has moved away from his Asian heritage and more towards the American life so he has acheived the status of assimilation into white people in America.