Although living in a multicultural society can bring disadvantages such as isolation and racial judgments, the benefits are more powerful and result in an adaptive society in which individuals are free to experience any culture. When an individual has a culture that is different from the prevailing society, he or she can be affected in a positive or negative way. In many cases there have been cases where people changed their culture due to adhering to the society's culture and others simply used the culture for profit, as in Mukherjee's essay. On other occasions individuals were exposed to racism because they came from another culture that did not fit into their society. With all these different cultures in America, individuals should respect each person's culture and look on the bright side, no matter the culture. Individuals tend to adapt to the dominant culture of a society because they are those of another culture. As time passes the individual begins to forget his own culture and begins to get used to the habits of other cultures. When people change cultures, sometimes it is because they have many advantages in joining that culture. In Mukherjee's essay, "Two Ways to Belong in America," Mukherjee and his sister Mira come to the United States from an affluent part of India to pursue their goals, but Mukherjee ends up fitting in and loves society, while Mira he hates and wants society. the benefits that come with it, so leaving for another culture is not obvious and before you know it you are doing what others do. Mira just wants to be successful and after retirement she tries to go back to where she was born in India and receive Indian citizenship, in the meantime she became an American citizen to get all the American benefits. When... middle of paper. ..... of them because people immigrate here to have better chances in life. Having a multicultural society gives us many opportunities to learn about others and where they come from. We can also show others our culture and this can lead to a great relationship between friends. There are many people who are now friends with others from another culture and they really enjoy being with them and sometimes even eating or doing activities from other cultures. People should see that a multicultural society offers us more positive situations than negative ones. There have been many cases where people from other cultures have done amazing things for the United States and if we treat them badly they will not try to do good in society and will go back to their place. Compared to any culture you can meet really good people in the world who create a united world.