Becoming American Beyond The Melting Pot Analysis

The United States of America used to be known as the world’s largest melting pot. Meaning many different ethnicities and backgrounds coming and living with one another, and sharing each other’s culture. This can also be defined as assimilation. The United States of America has slowly drifted away from assimilation to isolating those who are different and diverse.

Known to many as the ‘melting pot,’ the United States consists of a variety of cultures and peoples. Immigrants from near and far traveled and continue to do so for economic opportunities or to escape persecution. One particular group of people who immigrated to the United States were the Filipinos or Pinoys, as some like to call themselves. Due to its 400-year colonization by Spain and the United States, the Filipino American populace increased after the Philippines became a territory under U.S. control. The last Asiatic group to migrate to the United States, the Filipinos have contributed to the American society through a variety of occupations, such as sailors or nannies. Moreover, the U.S. colonization of the Philippines from

So many times the phrase "melting pot" is used to describe the United States of America. It is a country built on ideals such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and other basic human rights. These  ideals, though they may have originated from European men labeled as liberals, eventually captured followers from all over the world. Soon, America was a mixture of peoples with different ethnic backgrounds, religions, and cultures all working together for the "American Dream."

In Forging a New Vision of America 's Melting Pot by Gregory Rodriguez the author expresses support for a heavy Mexican influence in the United States and integration of races. The author made some points about how legislatures have tried to stop Mexicans from entering the country and have repeatedly tried to keep them down as second class citizens. It seems that he wants Mexicans to have more influence in mainstream media, but I feel as if he 's pushing it too strong. I 'm all for equality, but it seems that he wants Hispanics to take a very large piece of the pie. I prefer an equal amount of the pie for all. It seems that the issue the author is stating about discrimination and legislative action against Hispanics comes from issues stemming from the old days. He mentions the Nineteen-twenties Texas representative John C. Box and his controversial views on immigration of Mexicans, but then he states a strong support in the Nineteen-nineties and their “Latino issues are American issues” mantra. I see why some people may be worried that Mexicans are taking over, because they may lose a little of their culture. Although change isn 't always bad, we cannot just barge in and force a change. America is a diverse country and we have a piece of the whole world here, so for one social group to complain and want their influence to be on a grand scale is just preposterous. We all need to share this melting pot of stew.

America the great melting pot. Some have argued that the melting pot analogy is inaccurate. Instead America is like a tossed salad. A person can see all the individual ingredients that make up the salad. People will argue of what can go into a salad and what cannot go into just as people will argue about the place of certain groups with America. Some find disgust in certain groups of people and praise other. The situation is dynamic. The way people interact with groups are constantly changing and morphing due to different influences. Antisemitism is one of the ways people interact with the tossed salad that is America. Antisemitism in United States is on a decline because other groups are being used as scapegoats instead, Jews are not seen to pose a threat, a strong Holocaust remembrance, and the hatred of African Americans continues to be the predominate form of hate in the American context.

It is also important to note that being an American means being part of diverse cultures, U.S is among the few states in the world where citizenship is not defined by the language race or the religion. The American population is

What does it mean to be an “American”? To each individual person it means something very different. For the writer Bharati Mukherjee, who wrote the essay, “American Dreamer”, to be a true American someone has to want to be an American, not just prove that they merited citizenship. Her essay “American Dreamer” goes in depth into this idea and her opinion that as an American one should believe in bringing together the cultures in America. “We must think of American culture and nationhood as a constantly reforming, transmogrifying “we” (Mukherjee 438). For the author James Baldwin, who wrote the essay “Stranger in the Village”, an American is a person who is integrated with other cultures, and

To be an American is to be loyal to your country. No matter the color nor race, if you were born in a different country and become documented then you are in American. People want to discriminating different people but yet they are as Americans as everyone else. Americans are people live in the United States of America. Americans have the American dream to become better in their life. To be American is a free and respectful to everyone in our country. To respect all the different cultures because in many different kinds in America. Americans also pledge to our country's

From the birth of the United States, immigrants have always caused an environment something more representative of a big melting pot. In terms of cooking a melting pot is used for melting metals or other substances are melted or fused together (Dictionary.com).On the other hand in a nation, a melting pot is a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole (Dictionary.com). Which in retrospect do not fall very far from each other in terms of literal definitions. Both simply mean the fusing of different things together, whether that be metals, cheeses, or cultures. Immigrants who have been accepted into this “Melting Pot” society have found it very difficult to live in a new place and also be able to express themselves the way they deem worthy. Many immigrants are almost forced to let their culture and heritage become a joke for the sake of being accepted. Just because people think it is okay to demoralize someone and what they believe in does not mean that the other people agree with the occurring of the events. It is just that for the sake of blending in and keeping things at peace immigrants have kept their mouth shut for ages. There comes a time when the immigrants themselves begin to believe the joke that their culture has become and embrace it as if it were their own. Some cultures and heritages get lost and people begin to forget what actually was and not what it is has become. There has been some sort of debate about certain

This week’s material is one of the most important part in transformation and acculturation to the American Culture. Growing up in Africa, there is nothing outside male or female (binary) and furthermore, Homosexuality, both from my religious perspective and culture upbringing was unaccepted. While my culture considered homosexuality as witchcraft which is punishable by death, my religion (Catholicism) considered it sinful, unnatural and immoral. Because of my cultural and religious view towards anything other than male or female, heterosexual was discomforting, disliked, disgusted and hatred as a result Homophobia.

When I first read our assignment, my thoughts were that this is going to become a difficult task for me because I am someone that appreciates every culture. I am amazed that the United States is called the melting pot and some people do not realize why we are called the melting pot and the reason for the United States being called the melting pot is because our country is unique in comparison to other nations. When researching, what is a melting pot I found the perfection definition and the definition for melting pot is “A melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend as one. America is often called a melting pot.” Some countries that have become created by individuals who are almost all the same regarding

I have always this question in my mind is America really a melting pot, Does America even have their own culture. To me the melting pot is different cultures being represented, it is kind of like you are making food and in order for that food to be good you put ingredients to make it nice. That is what America is, it is different cultures being shown making it such a unique country. I do not yet think America has acknowledge diversity for example in the short story "Lullaby" the Native American and Americans are separated from each other but yet they live near each other. Their culture is not being shown but yet being taken away when the doctor takes her kids. So even though has so many cultures they have only taken what they wanted and have even made some up to compensate for that.

The United States is commonly know as a melting pot of nations, in which people from around the world have emigrated to form a homogeneous yet varied culture. Although we come from different ethnic groups, we are usually bound together through our common English language. This becomes an issue, however, when immigrants are not familiar with English and American culture, and instead attempt to keep their own heritage alive. They are often torn between identities through language, the one they speak at home which they are familiar with, and the one they must adhere to in public. This often leads to struggle and conflict on both sides, dealing with different cultures and how people react when assimilation occurs. Because of this, living in the United States often requires us to completely accept only one identity, even though hints of the other may spill over at times.

Written at the base of The Statue of Liberty standing proudly in the middle of New York Harbor, these words have been a continuous flare to people from around the world seeking liberty and the opportunity for a better life...the American dream. The immigrants who settled here over the past almost 150 years are the very definition of America’s melting pot: people from far and wide and cultures coming together to create the American experiment – a nation of the people, by the people and for the people. Illegal immigrants have always

Culture is a behavior that consists of several critical elements, such as language, religion, race and ethnicity, clothing and politics. Culture is what one does in his/her daily life. In order to understand others, we must first keep in mind that every culture carries its own set of values and assumptions. Culture is an evolving, ever changing civilization, which includes several different groups people. For immigrants, America is a land of opportunity; for others it is just the best country in the world because of its economic success and/or its democratic political system. Americans usually value independence a lot, believe in equal opportunity, and have a direct communication