Breaking Away from Stereotype The United States of America has been called the “melting pot” of the world. It is a country that is open to diversity and welcomes culture‚ race and ethnicity of all sorts‚ for as long as it complies with its laws. United States become a nation rich in immigrants who found new home in a foreign land. Most of the big and key cities in the United States are culturally and racially diversified. This diversity is taught to be an asset of the society. If not understood
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The point of this essay‚ “The Chinese in All of us” by Richard Rodriguez‚ was to show that America is one giant melting pot. That there is no such thing as an “American” culture. An American culture cannot exist as one central thing because there are so many cultures that mixed together to form what we have now. It’s a never ending cycle of growth as a country. The immigrants come to America and with them‚ they bring their ideas and customs. While they learn the customs we already have we‚ in turn
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Mason Walsh Professor Dennis Kellogg ANT 100 A 14 October 2016 Cahokia: Book Critique In his book Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi‚ Pauketat gives insight into the 1‚000 year old midwestern city of Cahokia‚ and how it became such a big city in such an ancient time. Pauketat by setting the scene for how big cahokia really was. Most of the pyramids at Cahokia were within a five mile radius‚ which were designed in reference to the “four sacred directions and the upper and lower
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crock pot. I’ve been reading a lot of crock pot cooking forums lately and there seems to be a common thread; many people are discouraged from cooking with their new slow cookers. Why is this? What has come to pass to make newer crock pots more frustrating to cook with than older ones? I saw so many posts claiming that people had returned their new slow cooker and dug out the one from their grandmother‚ or went rummaging around to thrift shops and garage sales to find a "good old crock pot" for $5
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They say that America is the melting pot of the world. Certainly‚ many different people from many different countries‚ and with very different worldviews came to America and made it their home. But perhaps some of those people‚ and indeed‚ some of their cultures‚ melted easier than others. Almost all immigrants struggled with assimilation‚ but the promises of a new life‚ and the cruel reality of their old one‚ made immigration worth it for many. America offered practically free land in the Louisiana
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Today‚ pot is only legalized in four states including Alaska‚ Colorado‚ Oregon‚ and Washington‚ but why does it face so much resistance? While the drug has faced opposition in our country for decades‚ today it has a lot of medical and recreational support in which it serves as an effective medicine and has other positive potential. In this article I will explain how legalizing pot could better the economy and result in a lot of constructive influence. Drug arrests would decrease and prisons would
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The United States is often referred to as the “melting pot” to describe how different cultures have combined to influence American culture. 1 The population of the United States is comprised of immigrates from other countries causing it to become one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The different cultures have contributed to the languages‚ religions‚ style‚ cuisine‚ arts‚ sports and‚ holidays that are seen throughout American history and present day. If all of these areas are
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One nation being universalistic‚ the other particularistic. Lipset’s facts regarding total melting pot versus mosaic has gotten very mixed in todays’ societies. The concept of the American Dream is one that many‚ including non-Americans are familiar with‚ as it is seen in movies‚ magazines and other media outlets. The idea that success and prosperity
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This work POL 310 Week 4 Discussion Questions 2 Biodiversity‚ Extinction‚ and Making Choices in Policy contains answers on the following tasks: "Some people argue that since extinctions have always taken place‚ they should be considered a natural process and that the current extinction rates are not a matter of concern. Others point out that the preservation of biodiversity is essential to the continuation of life on Earth and that human actions have greatly accelerated the extinction rate. Should
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United States has become a melting pot of cultures and‚ thus‚ languages spanning the world. This blend of world cultures began as far back as the American Revolution. In that time‚ the culture of Native Americans and that of the Europeans melded together. Through this newfound combination‚ traditions like Thanksgiving and storytelling became staples of the American existence. Furthermore‚ with the passage of time came more cultures to contribute to the American melting pot - bringing in hosts of other
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