Are We a Melting Pot or Salad Bowl? Are We a Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl? Unless an American citizen is a Native American‚ he or she is part of a great country filled with immigrants. Those who came before us‚ our ancestors‚ came here from every corner of this small world. There was a time‚ and it was not so long ago‚ when America’s motto was “give us your tired and weak” etc. We embraced immigrants that sought a new life here. That‚ however‚ is no longer the case as the problem of
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America: Melting Pot vs. Salad Bowl Multiculturalism is also known as ethnic diversity relating to communities containing multiple cultures. The term is used in two different broad ways‚ descriptively and normatively. By using the descriptive term‚ we usually refer to the simple fact of cultural diversity. This can be applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place and sometimes at the organizational level such as schools‚ neighborhoods or nations. The normative term is often referred to
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throughout the world. This means that we have a wide variety of cultures‚ heritages‚ ethnic backgrounds‚ views and opinions. Thousands of people are immigrating to the United States for a number of reasons such as bettering their education and careers‚ as well as‚ getting a fresh start. Primarily‚ immigrants are moving here to take advantage of the many opportunities our country can make available. People are bringing their cultures and differences to the United States thus resulting in what is
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Dualism of Culture and Personality In the modern age‚ many anthropological studies of personality in primitive cultures have shown intimate relation of personality and culture. These studies have shown that man is far more cultural being than imagined by the psychologists. In this connection‚ the discoveries by Ruth Benedict‚ Ralph Linton‚ and Abram Kardiner are notable. The anthropologists found that in every culture‚ there is a basic personality type which is an outcome of culture influences on
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Ethnic and racial assimilation Melting pot or salad bowl Assimilation is the process by which many groups have been made a part of a common cultural life‚ which commonly shared values. The United states is described as a melting pot‚ because various racial and ethnic groups have been combined into one culture. The united states is described as a salad bowl‚ because various groups have remained different from one another. A bicultural group is characterized by considering themselves as
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America is often referred to as the “salad bowl” because it is extremely diverse‚ there are many different people that come from all over the world‚ adapting to a completely different environment from their own but still able to retain the uniqueness of their cultures. People come to America due to various reasons‚ most come willingly while only a few come reluctantly‚ but in the end‚ it all comes down to them simply wanting to seek for a better life (Legrain‚ 2007). America was built on immigration
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Potato Salad Potato Salad is a traditional American favorite and is the major hit at most all picnics and family barbeques. Making the perfect potato salad isn’t something that comes natural it takes skill and precision‚ from picking the right potato to adding just enough mayonnaise. There are hundreds of ways to make potato salad‚ but this is my favorite. This is the traditional pickle and mayonnaise style; in the first step you will want to pick about six medium-sized russet potatoes. Then‚
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Filipino Green Salad - Ensaladang Pinoy Ingredients: * 6 large iceberg lettuce leaves * 2 medium tomatoes * 1 thinly sliced cucumber * 1 thinly sliced small onion * _______ * Dressing * ------------ * ¼ cup sugar * ¼ cup vinegar * 1 tsp fish sauce * ½ tsp salt * ¼ tsp ground black pepper Preparation: 1. Use your hands to tear the lettuce leaves into medium sized pieces. 2. Cut each tomato into 12 wedges. 3. Put all the vegetables into
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I Introduction: pluralism and the Greeks 1. PLURALISM IN HISTORY To chart the course of pluralism is not a straightforward task. Isaiah Berlin devoted much of his career as a historian of ideas to chronicling and combating the hegemony in Western theory of pluralism’s great rival‚ monism. But what we know about the development of pluralism itself—that is to say‚ which thinkers and which ages can safely or firmly be placed in the pluralist ‘camp’—lacks a comparable certainty. In this way‚ Berlin
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Concept Paper of Pluralism Yue Zhang George Washington University (TA: Joey Wachtel) Pluralism in contemporary academic field implies multiple meanings. One interpretation of pluralism is "the idea‚ classically formulated by Isaiah Berlin‚ that there is a plurality of distinct or ’incommensurable’ values or goods" (Crowder‚ 2010). The word ’incommensurable’ here means‚ in short‚ incomparable. This is because pluralism believes in multiple values‚
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