speakeasy said:Here is my take on assimilate thing...I think "assimilate" is a poor choice of words. I think you should be adaptable and versatile. Read Roosh's recent post on being a shapeshifter.
I can pretty much hang around almost ANYONE. I can hang out with my family back east in the ghetto and get along. I can go to a 4th of July BBQ in a rich white suburb and fit in. I can be at a party with all Latinos and I'm the only black guy and still be able to talk to people. Obviously I can't talk to all people about the same things. But when you're well-rounded enough and have been used to dealing with different types of people, you project different parts of yourself depending on who you are with. It's like being culturally bilingual or trilingual. My ghetto relatives probably won't care much about hearing my hostel stories in South America, that stuff doesn't really interest them. But some white girl I met at an art show probably would find it fascinating. At the same time she probably won't care to talk about the latest Tyler Perry venture, but my black relatives would. You just have to know your crowd and be versatile enough to have different things to talk about with different types of people. Don't get me wrong, if I meet some black people who are particularly open-minded, I'll gladly tell them about the shitty hostels I slept in in Bolivia. But I know 99% of blacks have no interest in backpacking or anything outdoorsy so I don't generally bring up subjects like that, or hiking or camping, but will talk about that with my white friends.
I can agree, I think you have framed this dynamic better than I did. It isn't so much assimilation as it is adaptation and versatility one should strive for.
This will give one the ability to create the visual affect of assimilation in multiple environments, thus expanding ones options greatly.
Well said.