The United States is a melting pot of many cultures‚ races and ethnicities. I have learned that each group has differences and many similarities. With these differences they have taught me to be tolerant and accepting of them. By embracing the differences through our diverse society‚ I have learned new concepts of living‚ new ways to think‚ and have been introduced to a variety of foods that I have enjoyed. It seems in the end many of the groups that are so different have a common interest which
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Have you ever heard that America is a melting pot or a salad bowl? The metaphor for the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading for America. A more accurate metaphor would be a salad bowl‚ for the salad bowl can be very different from the melting pot because of all its ingredients can make it distinguished from the melting pot. Even today Americans are calling America a salad bowl instead of a melting pot. Whereas it once was a melting pot but soon changed. There have been many questions
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In my opinion the nation is a melting pot. We are a melting pot because despite differences you cannot per say pick up one chunk of something without getting a whole lot of something else. No matter what we are all connected. If the nation were a salad you could pick up something without the involvement of another issue or people. Despite few issues that people are still fighting for equality‚ I would say over all we as a nation are fighting for this equality as a whole. For example gay marriage
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The first one‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ the main conflict is internal. Meaning it takes place inside your mind or body. Victor‚ the main character‚ has a crush and every time he is near her he seems to always say something dumb. The second one‚ “The Melting Pot”‚ main conflicts are external and towards different groups of people. Anna‚ the main character‚ lives in a neighborhood that is ethnically diverse. Some of the people are new comers and the rest are old timers. Ann is one of both because she
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national identity. The point of America was not to preserve old cultures but to forge a new‚ American culture. This was the ideal that a century later Israel Zangwill crystallized in the title of his popular 1908 play The Melting Pot. The new American identity was inescapably English in language‚ ideas and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody‚ not even all the white immigrants; deeply bred racism put black Americans‚ yellow Americans‚ red Americans and brown Americans well outside the pale. In
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“The Melting Pot‚” New York City is known for its cultural diversity. With its iconic landmarks and architectural design‚ it showcases different aspects from the world. Across the pond lies its counterpart‚ London‚ the central hub of the United Kingdom. After being colonized by the Dutch‚ New York was controlled by the British until the United States gained independence. It was here that two cities‚ New York City and London‚ followed the same architectural movements; however‚ after gaining independence
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In this essay I will demonstrate why America would not be America without African Americans. African Americans contributed a lot to America and is a main factor of all that is going on in America to this day. Without black people America would not be. Like it or not African Americans helped with building this famous nation. W.E.B. Dubois asked‚ “Would America have been America without her Negro people?” Put the question in our head of what would America be without its black people? How will our world
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either through geographical proximity‚ migration‚ conquest‚ trade and exploration‚ or in other ways‚ will start to syncretize aspects of each culture. A melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one. America is often called a melting pot. Brazil is a melting pot‚ the most authentic melting pot in the entire World. Brazilian culture is a mix of cultures from other parts of the world‚ it’s impossible to talk about Brazilian culture without the influences
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Avon‚ Indiana: A Melting Pot of Immigrants The United States is often referred to as a “melting pot” or the “land of opportunity.” These are names that demonstrate the U.S. as a country that consists of a wide variety of people from different parts of the world. In many ways‚ these words symbolize the United States as a chance of a “new beginning” for immigrants fleeing from their native countries. The same way the United States citizen witnessed a massive wave of immigrants in the county‚ my own
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America is a country born from immigrants; most citizens can trace their origins back to ancestors who came to America as immigrants. Throughout America there are cities that are so diverse in culture; it is hard to believe that we are one nation. An example of this would be New York City. New York City was an original entry point for many European immigrants and has more than eight hundred languages being spoken in the city. (CNBC) There is such a diverse range of people in New York City that one
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