Although living in a multicultural society can lead to disadvantages such as isolation and racial judgments, the advantages are more powerful, resulting in a society that adapts where individuals are free to experience any culture. When an individual has a different culture than the dominant society, they can be affected in a positive or negative way. There have been many cases where people have changed their culture by joining the society's culture and others have simply used the culture to gain benefits, like in Mukherjee's essay. On other occasions, individuals have been exposed to racism because they belonged to another culture that did not adapt to their society. With all of these diverse cultures in America, individuals should respect each person's culture and see the bright side of things regardless of the culture. Individuals tend to adapt to the dominant culture of a society because they are those of another culture. Over time, the individual begins to forget his culture and get used to the habits of another culture. When people change cultures, it is sometimes because they have many benefits from joining that culture. In Mukherjee's essay, "Two Ways to Belong to America," Mukherjee and his sister Mira come to the United States from a wealthy part of India to pursue their goals, but Mukherjee eventually adapts to the company and loves it while Mira hates it and wants the benefits that come with it, then the departure to another culture is not noticeable and before you know it you are doing what everyone else is doing. Mira just wants to succeed and after retirement she is looking to return to where she was born in India and receive her Indian citizenship while she became an American citizen to get all the American benefits. ..... of them because people immigrate here to have better chances in life. Having a multicultural society gives us many opportunities to get to know others and where they come from. We can also show others our culture, which can create great relationships between friends. Many people are now friends with other people from another culture and enjoy spending time with them and sometimes even eating or doing activities from another culture. People should see that having a multicultural society gives 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 run away home. Regardless of culture, you can meet very good people around the world, creating a united world..