As the caste system thread shows, it is not seen positively by Americans (and very rightfully so, I should add). And from previous discussions about this, it is pretty consistently seen as a negative.
What are other foreign practices that Americans, regardless of whether they are white, black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, religious, atheist, rich, poor, etc, see as being against what America stands for, and thus unacceptable when immigrants bring them to the US?
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Monarchy.
Arranged marriage.
Honor killing would probably be one.
FGM
This is an article talking about the behavior of Chinese students in Australia, but the behavior of the Chinese students not allowing people to disapprove of the CCP is just as much against American values. And with the number of Chinese students in the US, such discrimination and abuse is just as likely to happen, and to be unseen because it’s not happening in English.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/06/australia-china-protests-ccp-xi-jinping-democracy-diaspora/
Most people don’t like immigrants bringing in grudges from the old country. For example, an Israeli-American and a Palestinian-American getting in a brawl because of the situation in their home countries would be very frowned upon. The general feeling is that you should leave that kind of stuff behind when you come here.
Royalty, nobility, castes – anything related to the concept that one person is “better” than another simply by virtue of their birth.
Laws that ban criticism of the government and government officials
Child marriage, polygamy, female circumcision,
Any discrimination, but bringing old prejudices is what gets my goat. You’re telling me you hate this guy because your grandpa was Pakistani and his was Indian? Fuck off with that shit.
My university has a very big problem with international students cheating. Particularly in the computer science program. Academic cheating is absolutely not ok here, but is considered acceptable in some other cultures.
I feel like there’s way more social prestige about being old money or from a classically elite family in other countries than there is in the US. People are way more impressed here by those who built their own wealth, and tend to have disdain for those who just inherited it. There’s such an onus of being “self-made” that many wealthy people try and downplay their family’s resources or claim they grew up middle class to avoid being looked at as spoiled.
In my experience, while being self-made is of course respected in many other nations, being part of the old-money rich family is still the top crest of social desirability. People seem to brag about being old money in a lot of foreign media and that has always just struck me as odd and something I would almost be embarrassed about – having daddy’s money just isn’t a flex to me or a lot of other Americans.
*I will just list the ones that aren’t already listed. They are anecdotal so take them with a grain of salt*
* Racial discrimination from their home countries (this is controversial for obvious reasons because Americans have their own racism too)
* Eating animals that are for pets like dogs
* Parents forcing their children certain life decisions (i.e. college majors and marriage)
* For many, not assimilating (join) or acculturate to (switch code to) American culture in general
Eating dogs, cats, and horses.
Female genital mutilation, dowry, arranged marriage
Speaking from a Chinese-American, I do find the tendency to prefer PRC/CCP politics, ethnonationalism, authoritarianism , and oversea Chinese nationalism to be un-American, and could potential harm the Asian/Chinese-American community as a whole.
Many recent Chinese immigrants do not leave PRC/CCP politics behind, and do not seem to prescribe to the idea behind Civic Nationalism. Even after becoming naturalized American citizens, they still don’t see themselves as Americans, and some of them still hold alarmingly pro PRC/CCP views. What really bothers me is, despite not wanting to be PRC citizens by the gaining another citizenship, some Chinese immigrants seem to have a great liking for authoritarianism and are supportive of oversea Chinese nationalism, both of which are pretty much antithesis to fundamental American values.
I understand there are people who migrate for economic reasons so they can have a higher quality of life, and my comment does not apply to people who are international students, here on work or tourist visa, or even green card holders; I’m mainly talking about naturalized American citizens, what is the point of going through years of adjustment and complicated immigration process to become an American if they don’t plan to see themselves as such, and are against the founding principles of this nation.
America is a diverse country, and I welcome Chinese language, food, art, traditional holidays, and customs, but contemporary PRC political values and Chinese ethnonationalism? Those things should be left behind. I have no right to thought police, but I do think certain values and ideologies are incompatible to American civic expectations.
Eating horses and human sacrifice.
I have…conflicting feelings concerning the Hijab and Islamic traditional clothing. In some countries, I see it as part of an outdated social structure that oppresses women. In others however it’s become a point of pride as a means of expressing faith (thank the Islamists for that).
Honestly as long as it’s optional and not compelled clothing I think it should be okay and America is pretty good with that distinction i think.
Those relationships where an adult man is “engaged” to a child
Bringing traditions to the US that were the reasons they left their home countries. Be it grudges, politics, religious persecution or whatever. Leave it there.
Regardless of what is happening in other states at the moment censorship is still widely looked down on here
Religious discrimination.
If you want to hear your religious garb and do your religion shit, well, more power to you.
Sharia law?
Systemic bribery. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but, you generally won’t get away with bribing a cop or a housing inspector and you certainly don’t need to as a matter of course.
You know how you see Soccer fans throwing bananas at black athletes. That shit would not fly here at all.