The United States of America is considered by many “The Great Melting Pot” because of its tradition to welcome people from different places of the world. In contrast to other nations, by the virtue of its fundamental principles, the USA is a country of diverse religions, races, cultures and ethnicities that according to the idea of the melting pot, fuse to form the notion of America. In the poem, The Melting Pot, Israel Zangwill, argues that while Israel is a nation where people from all kinds of activities come to worship and return to their homes, America is a land of favorable conditions where individuals from different parts of the globe arrive to seek for economic opportunities and a better life (Zangwill, 1919). At the same time, our
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In the article Kallen describes how “choosing” ancestors will not change a person’s lineage, making it more or less Jewish. He envisioned American nationality as a collocation of autonomous ethnic groups, which coexist harmoniously and are entitled to the freedom of worship, rather than something distinctive in itself which lacks national coherence (Whitfield, 2014). However, the idea of harmonious coexistence of many groups does not reflect the reality of America, since many immigrants fled to the USA as a result of religious persecution, and dictatorial governments with only the idea of embracing a new culture that enjoys more liberties, and …show more content…
Hence, this kind of liberty cannot be understated because in many religions, women are forced to marry against their will, and only for the position of their families. While, cultural pluralism as Kallen’s describes do not favor liberty of marriage (Whitfield, 1999). In Jewish religion when a man marries a non-Jew, the family feels he or she is breaking the millennia-long chain of Jewish continuity, just like in Chinese culture (Syed & Juang, 2014). This idea of preserving the lineage denies people their freedom to choose. Therefore, in cultural pluralism family selects what kind of life future generations will follow, without any regard of their
In the article Kallen describes how “choosing” ancestors will not change a person’s lineage, making it more or less Jewish. He envisioned American nationality as a collocation of autonomous ethnic groups, which coexist harmoniously and are entitled to the freedom of worship, rather than something distinctive in itself which lacks national coherence (Whitfield, 2014). However, the idea of harmonious coexistence of many groups does not reflect the reality of America, since many immigrants fled to the USA as a result of religious persecution, and dictatorial governments with only the idea of embracing a new culture that enjoys more liberties, and …show more content…
Hence, this kind of liberty cannot be understated because in many religions, women are forced to marry against their will, and only for the position of their families. While, cultural pluralism as Kallen’s describes do not favor liberty of marriage (Whitfield, 1999). In Jewish religion when a man marries a non-Jew, the family feels he or she is breaking the millennia-long chain of Jewish continuity, just like in Chinese culture (Syed & Juang, 2014). This idea of preserving the lineage denies people their freedom to choose. Therefore, in cultural pluralism family selects what kind of life future generations will follow, without any regard of their