Why do people not want to learn about their heritage anymore?
358942
Some possibilities are: \nPreoccupation with the present and its demands; \nsometimes a sense of shame (we Brits sometimes agonise over the Crusades/colonial exploitation etc) \nand a belief that the past doesn't matter, only the future - a view which I think leads to repeating mistakes we ought to be able to avoid!
815391
WTF?! It makes absolutely NO sense for people to apologize for what their ancestors did! Where's the logic? How bloody stupid can it get?\n\nBy the way, one of my ancestors was William the Conqueror, and I apologize for what he and the other Normans did to the Anglo-Saxons...NOT!!!
251322
I really do have to agree with you on this.  So many cultures had hard times. Some more than others.  Jews, Gays, Gypsies, Blacks, the list could go on.  I understand what happened to their people but its over, we have learned (or rather are learning) from the mistakes of the past. So why constantly through it in our face?  I feel we don't owe them anything any longer.  We have tried desperately to rectify it.  But it seems that nothing we do matters.  I personally sick of it (and I can see others are as well)  I am not racist, I don't hate people for reasons such as race, back round, religion whatever.  But enough is enough and I feel its about time some one voiced it.
448479
Why ? If you are an American then you are an immigrant. If you are not FOR immigration then you better hand it over to original Indians. Just because you got comfy comfy so you want to deny it to others?
943070
Why is it when You People ask these Question's???\nYou Leave OFF the First People!!!  \nThe Native Americans!!!\nWhy Don't YOU!!!\nTalk about the Racism Done to US!!!\nFor US IT Will Never End!!!\nNot Until YOU Give Back What You Took With OUT Asking!!!\nOr Stole or Lie about!!  And Stop making US YOUR Mascots!!!\n\nHOKAHE!!!
596339
Hello dear!\nThere several reasons.\nOne could be due to the great achievements of Masai people and civilization.\nThe other is because the people are not satisfied with what they are and feel.\nOne more is that they want to find out similar, different or opposite ways, they like to study, ..
1016045
I totally aggree with you on this one...people don't take the time to be friendly anymore and just get to know who lives around them...it's so sad, it goes hand in hand with the loss of "quality" family time, nobody partakes of that anymore either....when I grew up, we were ALWAYS outside and we knew all of our neighbors, we sat out on the front porch at night (another lost art) and neighbors walked up and down the streets....Now I live in a subdivsion and people hardly even wave hello when passing you on the street.....no-one EVER sits outside with their families catching up....If we could become a little more "aware" of our surroundings and the people that we are surrounded by then maybe, just maybe, we could catch something early on!!
426968
Im with you but I think to many people are afraid of change they forget that our forefathers done it in the past.
895494
people are scared of that they do not understand\n\nThey would rather someone tell them what they want to hear instead of learning the truth and be shown they are wrong
108868
I guess it gives me a sense of identity in addition to my more individualized sense.  It's nice to know what countries my family came from a long time ago because then I feel connected to those countries.  The past always illuminates the present, and knowing what little I do know about my ancestors just feels important somehow.
910700
Did you know new immigrants from all over the world have a much more difficult time assimilating?  Its their children and later generations who ALWAYS assimilate......Its very difficult learning a new language, but that doesn't mean later generations will NOT learn the language and culture....
846046
I personally think that we are afraid of differences of religions because we may be shown that what we have believed all along is not correct!   My mother was old school with her attitude that if such and such religion was good enough for her parents, it was good enough for her, and lots of folks are like that. They don't WANT to hear or learn about anything different, because then they might have to rethink everything they know and believe!  It's just easier for some to go with the flow rather than learn something new that may change everything!
838046
The distrust or fear of those who are different is part of the human condition.Most of us have been guilty at some stage to some degree. By recognising we have the potential to be prejudiced and /or biased in our thoughts and deeds we can at least be aware and at least try to to eduucate and nurture ourselves and our children out of something that has been inherent for thousands of years.
451043
It's pretty sad but many people were raised that way. They were taught an early age to dislike other races because the parents felt that they were different or inferior, or whatever silly reson people have to hate races. Other people don't understand the lifestyles of other cultural groups, so they automatically think that group is the cause of a lot problems, and in turn have a vendetta against them. It all starts at home though. If there weren't so many ignorant parents teaching their kids to hate generation after generation then racism would decrease signifigantly.
951068
So many people are so ignorant that they dont care anymore.  I think some people can't get over the past. Well, myself, wasn't alive when a lot of it(the past)happened.  Just because I have German heritage doesn't mean that I had anything to do with the death of Jews and neither does my ansestors.  C'mon people, get real and figure it out!  We are all human and the only difference between us is the color of our skin or hair, we all bleed red, we all cry and guess what, we're all American. The past is just that, the past.
871954
Because, some time people act like  an ignorant,, some time they act so strange, and sometime think to have everything just by skin color..... I am a hispanic girl and i  understand your feeling too,, ´cause i came here when i was 3 years old,, but i used to feel the difference,,, some time people don´t measure the words and expression to talk to another person,,,, and some time people forget from where they came from, theirs ancestors and theirs cultures.... But every now and them , in some space of the whole world will be an equal time... and the equal feelings and senses for everybody........and i think that time it ns´t  far.... byee...
413342
I totally agree. What most people seem to forget is that this country is made up of immigrants. Now, maybe some have already been here longer. But they still had immigrant grandparents, great grandparents, and so on, somewhere down the line.It's just that they forgot now. Or they act like they did. I mean look at what they did to the Native \nAmericans. They just took over like if it was their land. They drove them to the Reservations. I am a proud U.S. Born Citizen, daughter of Mexican immigrants. And I like thousands of others, went out to show my support yesterday in Houston. Because we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us !!!! And for all you others against us >>Remeber the Mayflower ? Maybe one of your ancestors was on it. Do the research.. And if immigrants have to go back, then send them all back. Including those ...