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Melting pot. The common phrase that is used to describe America no matter the continent. Many people have faced struggles of immigrating to America throughout the years for better or for worse more people continued to come to America. When people immigrated to America they all came from different regions of the world as well. People came from many different racial backgrounds like germans, polish, spanish, mexican, and many more. However when things first began a majority came from Europe but within Europe there are a variety of cultures that helped to make America. Immigrants have changed American by creating the current image of America and then America has changed immigrants because America has caused them to differ their culture to become more “American.”

The purpose of categorizing people into different racial groups can be how we see each other and the exterior traits. Exterior traits include their skin tone, type of hair and eye color. In “Rethinking the Color Line – Understanding How Boundaries Shift,” Gallagher mentions we tend to sort out the categories by skin color and then by cultural background. These racial differences have been predetermined by having the mindset of having a superior and inferior group. The superior group are to be the whites and inferior group are the minorities. These ideas have changed because of the major influences such as time, social and politics.

Modern America is considered to be a melting pot, in which a variety of races, cultures, or individuals gather into a unified whole. The ideas of being a new American for people who have migrated from their homeland to America are to leave behind all their past cultures and practices and embrace their new American ways. Is that what really happens? If it was, would there be still racism in America? The number of people immigrating to America has risen over the years, but so has the number of active hate groups. The idea of unity in the melting pot of America is a myth because of racism, stereotypes, prejudice, and cultural segregation of its people.

Eventually, more scientific advances were made, that led to race. Initially, a classification system was created by

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."

The concept of a ‘Melting pot” is an idea that America is known for and accustomed to for years and years to come. Unfortunately, that analogy leads people to get rid of their culture for the American culture. Leading the public to the point where they strive to prove their differences just to stand out and make a name. One demographic, African Americans, have been trying to reconnect to their native heritage after being stripped from their identity years ago. From their traditions, how they cook food, and the way they do their hair. African Americans have become more determined to be in touch with their inner self as the years go by. Because they were ripped from their homeland African Americans may never know to the full extent of

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.

In the United States both scholars and the general public have been conditioned to viewing human races as natural and separate divisions within the human species based on visible physical differences. With the vast expansion of

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.

Before this historical time period, cultures and its respective human constituents lived in isolated bubbles, mating and reproducing only with each other. Thus, there was no need to address racial differences since essentially everybody appear the same. But, after these physical land barriers were bypassed, it was necessary to address the apparent physical and relevant differences that existed between the various countries and geographic locations. In doing so, the differences, as seen through the diversity of the people, needed to be understood and given meaning in order to distinguish and classify. Although this need to distinguish and classify may have a multitude of causes, I personally believe that the driving force was the human tendency to create divisions. Humans tend to create divisions on the basis of establishing power and dominance, in order to enact a social hierarchy. Humans in the past, and until present day, have always created hierarchical structures on the basis of some term that creates divisions amongst themselves (i.e.: race, gender, religion, sexuality). It just so happens that race (via skin tone, hair texture, etc.) is now the most prominent basis in which humans can outwardly categorize other human beings. This arises from the fact that human beings are so diverse in nature, and race is the easiest form in which to classify people via phenotypic attributes. Furthermore, humans continue to maintain an us versus them mentality. This most directly relates to one of the most fundamental basis of race-thinking which is essentially a power struggle. Given the current context of the world, diversity and human contact is nearly impossible to escape. Subsequently, humans submit to the desire of stratification in order to make sense of this apparent human diversity. As a result, race-thinking

A relatively recent topic, meaning in the last one hundred year, within society is the concept of race and if it is biologically true, this meaning that evidence suggests a biological reason behind the different categories of race that are independent from social, economical, or personal views. This type of discussion can raise many concerns, questioning the possible social constructs revolving around race and its reason for being used in society today.

However it is difficult to ignore the historical significance of race and color. By its nature, racial divides lead to imbalance and inequality. In order to address this issue, it is important for people to both recognize and acknowledge the mistakes of the past in order to avoid repeating them. In order to do so, we must also recognize the ramification that classification by color has had and continues to have on today’s society.

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.

Everyone has their own purpose to go after in life. As for the stories that directly relate to the overall immigrant experience, such narratives will usually begin in the same manner -- with an individual seeking interest to leave their home country, whether it is because of war, political turmoil, or even because of better opportunities to vouch for. As for the lateral reasons, other times that is not exactly the case towards why immigrants tend to leave their home country. Sometimes an immigrant may leave their home country because they are being forced to refuge and escape for the better, in order to establish a new life in a safer environment that accepts them. For the majority of the time, that is usually the reality with the general immigrant narrative.