My Biggest Fear, Reverse Assimiliation Defined

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Reverse Assimiliation; Reverse Assimiliation is a often unnoticed process where members of a larger ethno-cultural group are "absorbed" into the smaller modified ethno-cultural group that use to be one and the same as the larger ethno-cultural group. Usually this occurs in ethno-cultural group comprised of a "diaspora" and a state or geographic homeland where this respective group historically and contemporarly occupies.

What occurs is that the "Diaspora" migrates out of the homeland, in the process assimiliating within the communities (Usually, states that provide a stable economic and political atmosphere) they immigrate into. They attempt to merge the foreign elements and the traditional elements, but because they can never truly let go of the traditional elements they try to retain a tie to the homeland. Eventually a segment of the "Diaspora" try to migrate back into the homeland, thus, in the process exporting their new found ways into their homeland.

This presumes the loss the of many characters which make the respective larger ethno-cultural group unique, usually the populations that migrate in have integrated the new foreign cultural exactly on top of the older cultural, this creates a conflict of interests between the population that refused to migrate under instablity and the population that migrate out of the homeland, but since the "Diaspora" is relativily economically stable versus the non-diaspora, they impose their mixed ways onto the majority via their ability to fund institutions and organizations that promote their new ways into the homeland.

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Re: My Biggest Fear, Reverse Assimiliation Defined

Have to clarify, this is not the same as actually wanting to work your way into the Armenain state, respecting all values of the state and its people. Rather, this the idea that you have a physical and or non-physical presense of a "Diaspora" that does not want to be among the non diaspora as equals, essentially, they try to change their homeland in such a way where it emulates the foreign communities they were exposed to because they want to send a reflection of the Armenian people that is more or less, in their view, a better representation and a representation that allows them more flexiblity among foreigners.

Most of the time these Armenains among the "Diaspora" have selfish motives ... i.e. the various nameless Armenian-American organizations that are desperatly trying to align the Armenian foreign policy with that of the United States, the reasoning is that Armenia will become another Isreal, which for reasons that will not be discussed at the moment, is essentially a flawed argument due to the political, economic, and social differences between the Armenia and Israel (I beleive the member, Armenian, highlighted a similar thread regarding a "nameless" Armenian-American organization that is attempting this). Essentially, this creates a conflict of interest, the obvious ramifications are decreased bilateral relations with Russia and Iran versus a increased bilateral relations with Turkey.

However, on a micro level this also becomes a direct attack the on the value system within Armenia. Most of these organizations are trying to impose a way of life that is not within the realm of the Armenians in Armenia, economically, politically, and socially. Instead of allowing them to develop their communities around the needs of the Armenian people, they impose new laws that are counter productive to the future of the Armenian people (i.e. dual citizenship, foreign exchange students, property rights to foreigners, and ... etc.). This leads to more destabilization, stagnation, and ultimatly, the government falls under the pressure of the people that are being mislead by this agents of foreign governments. What ends up happening is that it allows foreign powers to take over the inner workings of the government via puppet governments.