Melting Pot Metaphor

As simple and logical as I see it, I believe the concept of the “melting pot” is seen as a food metaphor for the sole fact the word “pot” is used. Because the term is used in America to describe Americans, I would assume the phrase would be deciphered through an American mind, meaning we use the word pot as an object that cooks food. And though the word is used to refer to a pot used for combing metal, it seems that it is easier to understand the concept through food than a machine used with metals because many associates the term more the process of cooking than working with metals. Everyone has used a cooking pot a least once to cook, but not all can say they have used, let alone seen a melting pot. Most of these metaphors to explain America’s multiculturalism are food based because food is versatile in it’s uses. Take the example of the melting pot concept. Food is the easiest to illustrate the metaphor of cultures mixing together. One can’t simply mix clothes together or plants, even colors because they all can’t illustrate the perfect point of what the concept tries to entail. Food is a vital …show more content…
We need to take in account of the different cultures who still hold true to their customs that have been held on even before America became the land of the free. Because we are talking about food, food would be a great example of how we still hold on to certain customs even in America. African Americans still serve food that was cooked before their freedom, foods that other cultures do not. The same could be said for Asian Americans, Mexican American and etc. Other traditions are still followed as well, Quincenera are still used by Hispanics and many Hispanics only and Jewish Americans still have Bar Mitzva. Cultures still hold true to their past and background and able to live in America as one or in this case, as a salad