The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States;[SUP][/SUP] the melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s.[SUP] [/SUP][SUP][/SUP]
After 1970 the desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model was challenged by proponents of multiculturalism[SUP][/SUP][SUP][/SUP] who assert that cultural differences within society are valuable and should be preserved, proposing the alternative metaphor of the mosaic, salad bowl, or "American Kaleidoscope"—different cultures mix, but remain distinct.
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These are not two alternative options.
OK, AB, let's talk African Americans. They have blended into American culture, if we presume that language and religion are primer identities.
OK, AB, let's talk African Americans. Once upon a time, before they ancestors were taken to America, they didn't know a single word in English and spoke their native African languages. Today their mother tongue is English and virtually all those African languages are forgotten. They have blended into American culture, if we presume that language and religion are primer identities.
Let's talk Turks in Germany now, more than 2 million, if I recall correctly. They have been there for what, 50+ years? Have they blended? Generally speaking, no. They keep their mother tongue and probably will continue to do so. They keep their religion. I'm talking people who are born and grew up there in Germany.
You know what they say, when in Rome, do like the Romans.eace
They've created their own distinct culture, separate from other people with the same religion and language.
Multiculturalism as a political doctrine is predicated upon double standards and these double standards are a product of overcompensation brought on by guilt. Instead of the same standards being applied to all people, multiculturalist dogma demands that different standards apply to some, and inevitably these double standards support practices that are extremely illiberal in nature. It is really quite racialist when it gets right down to it as certain groups are afforded greater leeway when it comes to their lack of respect for human rights.
What galls me is the Orwellian nature of the multiculturalist leftists being the chief impediment to the advancement of human rights to all people by supporting knuckle-dragging backwardness that is so extremely conservative in nature as to be off the charts. Hypocrites all.
100% melting pot. There should be no multiculturalism whatsoever. People need to come together, take the best parts of various cultures and put them together into a superior whole.
OK, AB, let's talk African Americans. Once upon a time, before they ancestors were taken to America, they didn't know a single word in English and spoke their native African languages. Today their mother tongue is English and virtually all those African languages are forgotten. They have blended into American culture, if we presume that language and religion are primer identities.
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