Our society reflects racial‚ ethnic‚ and religious diversity. America is a “melting pot” and constitutionally accepts ever man as equal. America was formed by immigration. In history Americans fought for freedom in race such as the Civil War. The Civil War took place because all people didn’t believe in slavery‚ primarily the North disagreed. In America we have law that America no one can make you practice a religion and the government can’t make an official for the country. The American political
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Bibliography: Fitzpatrick‚ Joseph P. "The Importance of ’Community ’ in the Process of Immigrant Assimilation." International Migration Review 1.1 (1966): 5-16. Miller‚ John J. "Assimilation Enriches America ’s Melting Pot." Insight on the News‚ 10.40 (1994): 20.
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a ’melting pot.’ A more accurate description might be ’mosaic’ but even better than that is Kingmans’s streams--a metaphor that powerfully brings to mind images of waters that refresh‚ nourish ‚ and sustain the land.. . ." The "melting pot" and the "mosaic" are both much-debated terms with long histories. Here are some Working Definitions (all paraphrased or quoted from Wikipedia). These definitions represent a consensus of informed opinion‚ but are not scientifically binding. The melting pot is
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and 19th centuries. Since the phrase “melting pot” was introduced to describe the United States and the vast amount of different cultures and races. Many agreed and many disagreed. Both facts and opinions were abundant on both sides. In fact‚ Eduardo-Bonilla Silva stated “Blacks‚ Chinese‚ Puerto Ricans‚ etcetera‚ could not melt into the pot. They could be used as wood to produce the fire for the pot‚ but they could not be used as material to be melted into the pot.” (Silva‚ 2009). Multiculturalists
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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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Multiculturalism Taylor White Ultimate Medical Academy Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is when several cultures coexist without one dominating another in the same geographic area. America has been considered a “melting pot” for exactly this reason. The population is more diverse than it has ever been and is continuing to grow rapidly. Some say that this multiculturalism movement is a good thing while others view it as a bad thing. I will explain why I believe multiculturalism is a positive
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Our Cultural Diversity HUMA215-1302B-17 Lea Bucanek AIU-Online Cultural diversity is what the world is made of. It’s based on race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and gender even. We need cultural diversity in the work place‚ our religion‚ and our lives. When we travel we tend to go to places we never been
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There are many cultural differences between America and India. Life in America is free and independent and gives rights of expression and personal development. Americans have privacy at home and in social settings. People do not intrude in your personal life‚ unless you want them too. We dress the way we want‚ travel when and where we want and are allowed to be passionate and appreciate everything. Americans are socially eccentric and are less dependent on one another for basic needs while living
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REFLECTION JOURNAL – FIVE I enjoyed the section in Takakai where he talked about the assimilation of the Jews from Russia into America. Clearly they were a determined hard working people who scraped‚ struggled and fought for a better life from the moment they stepped onto American soil. What is interesting to me is the animosity that came their way from other Americans way once they “made it”. It seemed that their meteoric success and quick assimilation into the culture and lifestyle was threatening
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Introduction In the modern age of the United States‚ the demographics of its citizens range from distinctive cultures of the world. The cultural diversity in religion consists of Judaism‚ Buddhism‚ and Christianity to Protestantism. The aspects of the American religious landscape originated from immigrants seeking opportunities. The acceptance of the changes did not happen automatically and acts of discrimination were common. In this paper illustrates the early periods of religious pluralism
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