Do you think the US is really a melting pot a place for assimilation?

Question

just think or believe that in order for progress to continue we must continue to discuss the inequality in our country. For it to be a melting pot, not much is melting nowadays. Why? Have the people of the US become content in what they see? Are we afraid to discuss the inequalities of this country with out feeling that we will be looked upon as racist. What happen to the idea of conversation and intellectual thinking. Where have the real questions gone?

Answer 1

I do think it is a melting pot and I think it will continue to be the leading melting pot in the world. What you're seeing right now is a country in a war, that has regressed to conservative ways because it has been attacked. We are angry, fearful and mistrusting of new ideas and cultures for the moment as we lick our wounds. Once our fear eases, I believe, we will see a more liberal, pluralistic society reemerge.

Answer 2

If you are an American You must be aware that there are several Americas within these United States. The divides will never be overcome, it's class warfare. The melting pot may be applied inside the groups that exist but even these are more divisive than accepting. The fear and loathing run very deep, nothing is impossible but somethings are unlikely, this melting pot being one of them. It sounds like a nice idea but I've been to Camden New Jersey after dark, over night, I wouldn't recommend it regardless of where You find Your self in the demographic, it won't be the melting pot You find Your self in.

Answer 3

The melting pot concept served us well for almost two hundred years. You came to the US to become an American. Immigrants tried to learn English as fast as they could, and encourage their children to be "American", rather than "_____Americans".

The American culture adopted elements from all of the various cultures in enveloped. This made us a strong, homogenous nation. Everybody wanted to come here and be an American.

Over the last two decades, politicians, their lackeys in mainstream media, and other purveyers of hatred have instituted the ideas of "multiculuralism" and "diversity". They encourage immigrants not to assimilate. They promote the use of languages other than our common language, English. Why are they doing this?

Politicians have used the tactic of Divide and Conquer for thousands of years. They set one group against another: black against white, young against old, men against women, and English speaking against non-English speaking. When I went to school, we were taught, in unity there is strength. The melting pot was symbolic of our strength as a nation. Today, unity is not stressed. Rather than concentrating what we all have in common, the emphasis is on what separates us. Do you think that this divicivness is good?

Certainly, we are not all the same. But, should we go out of our way to accentuate our differences from our neighbor? Tolerance is a good thing, to a point. We can either think of ourselves as member of a team (Americans), or we can retreat to our enclaves, and look with suspicion at those who are different than us.

Assmiliation is the key to a strong nation. Everyone is welcom here, provided that they assimilate.

Answer 4

I do believe the USA is a melting pot, but the melting doesn't come quickly. I think it depends a lot on how much the minority groups resemble or act like the majority. The more they are like the majority, the quicker they assimilate. Irish people were picked on the USA as objects of derision in the 1850s, but people seemed to forget about it when the children born to Irish parents grew up in the USA without Irish accents. Now you can't really tell Irish from English or French or German because they are all fair skinned Europeans.
I'm a white American married to a woman from India, we never had any children, but her American born nieces and nephews appear to act and think pretty much like any other American born kids. It may take longer for them to be accepted because of their names and appearance; but most of them will probably marry white Americans, so they are likely to assimilate more in future generations.
However, racist attitudes are still very influential on American culture. It seems to be very trendy for white kids to imitate African American rappers and so on, but it's really been very difficult for African Americans to be completely accepted. But, we must realize that segregation was still an accepted practice in many parts of the USA up to the 1960s. As time goes on and there are less people alive who remember those times, I think African Americans will assimilate to a greater degree in the future as well.
One last thought, I had a history teacher who said "American is a melting pot, but it's a very English melting pot." Yes, I agree that white European-American attitudes are the majority, but I think the influence of other cultures are also apparent, and it will be true even more so in the future.

Answer 5

You are generalizing on a subject that's the very crux of the
United States. It's difficult to interpret if you're pro or con
about immigration.
I'm all for LEGAL immigration but against ILLEGAL immigration.

Answer 6

yes. because it seems the people nowadays doesn't care that much anymore on whats going on to this country