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How to maintain cultural identity without rejecting adopted homeland

I feel like I am disappearing into American culture and I do not know how to hold onto myself without rejecting everything here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Cultural preservation and integration appear mutually exclusive, creating impossible choice between authenticity and belonging.

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