`Being born in a multicultural family I have always been curious on my Italian side. My Mother’s family is all Italian and I have always been so interested in their or our culture. My father is German‚ Irish and Swedish so all together I am a melting pot. The Italians just really interest me I’m not sure if it’s because they are very verbal‚ or what but now I totally understand the reason why I am who I am.` Cultures 3 Italian vs. American Culture ` Being raised in a multi-cultural
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the big picture creates American Identity. Individuality creates everyone’s uniqueness and shows what people can bring to society. In “American Identity: Ideas‚ Not Ethnicity‚” author Michael Jay Friedman explains the difference between the “Melting Pot or Salad Bowl” metaphor. Friedman states‚ “They strain at first to overcome their differences‚ but by film’s end all have bonded – as Americans” (Friedman). This quote clearly explains the strain that Americans have overcome to create a bigger whole
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The cartoon ‚‚The Mortar of Assimilation’’‚ from 26 June 1889 appeared in Puck and drawn by an unknown cartoonist . It shows a huge Woman and stirs the melting pot with the ladle of ’’ equal rights’’ In the bowl are a lot of men‚ who are seeming to be content. But a malcontent Irishman stands on the edge and is protesting.The cartoon doesn’t include any caption or speech bubbles. On the very left you can see a big woman‚ who allegorically stands for America or especially the Alma Mater. This
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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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characteristics of a society‚ modern or historical‚ real or fantastic. New York is the center of the American finance industry. It is also one of the most importance centers for arts and culture in the U.S. And‚ in a country that styled itself as a "great melting pot" of people from all of the world‚ it is ethnically diverse. Obviously‚ economically advanced‚ artistic attainments‚ and ethnic makeup are among the most important characteristics of the young and developed country‚ one would learn a lot about American
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The Melting Pot The myth of the melting pot was created by a man named J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. His idea was that immigrants from all over the world would come together to create a new society. A new race‚ religion and way of life would come from this society. The myth is widely known today and is often related to the United States. America is known to be a melting pot because it is a society made up from people of different race‚ culture and beliefs. The myth of the melting pot implies
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It has been said that America is designed to be a melting pot of culture from all over‚ and that is the reason why efforts to be more incorporating of other cultures have been practiced still as of today. However‚ there still exists a group of people who believe that America belongs to the white people and thus they believe that the aforementioned race is superior to the other races. These so-called white supremacists have been rising in prominence as of late since Donald Trump became president last
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Vietnamese Youths No Longer Look Homeward Nancy Wride In her essay‚ ‘’Vietnamese Youths No longer Look Homeward’’‚ Wride familiarizes readers with the so-called 1.5 generation and does this by interviewing a group of California high school and college students‚ who share their thought about the American dream‚ Vietnamese ancestry‚ and assimilation. According to Wride the 1.5 generation are Vietnamese who immigrated to the United States of America‚ typically at an early age‚ thus most
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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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names. Fitting into American has been a major topic for my English courses for the last 3 years. From an inside perspective‚ it doesn’t seem very hard to be able to fit into a country where just about anything is acceptable. Known as “the melting pot” of different cultures‚ America should be welcoming to non-Americans. The father describes a dramatic moment in their immigration process when he says‚ “We are people without a country‚ until we walk out of that gate‚ and then we are American” (Nguyen
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