Navigating the Cultural Code: How Immigrants Integrate into Mainstream Culture
🤔Navigating the Cultural Code: How Immigrants Integrate into Mainstream Culture
Dr Huang explores cultural integration for immigrants through a tech-inspired lens, comparing it to debugging a system where personal heritage ("legacy code") must harmonize with a new culture ("operating system"). It emphasizes balancing dual identities, overcoming barriers like language and bias, and practical steps like community engagement—all framed with geeky analogies and personal anecdotes from a Chinese-New Zealander data scientist's journey.