I feel conflicted about whether or not I feel as if I have joined a new community. To some degree, I feel that I am profoundly educated on Argentinian culture and problems, facts that grant me admission to the community. Furthermore, being more educated than anyone else I know in my day-to-day American life, causes me to believe, once again, that I am part of the group. However, this overwhelming influx of education and lack of perspective might have just provided the illusion that I had joined a new community. Although I am well accustomed to the beliefs and lifestyle of the country, I still miss and prefer my own. This is not to say I don’t enjoy Argentinian culture, only that if it were one or the other as a whole, I would pick American culture.
That is the crux and possibly the unraveling point of my supposed community belonging. In other words, I appreciate the Argentinian community, but can I belong to both if I would pick one over the other? This question is what is currently shaping my concept of community.
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