Melting pot

The United States is often referred to as a “melting pot,” where different types of people blend together as one, which can especially be seen in our educational system. In “Immigrant Children” by Selma Berrol, the author argues the many challenges immigrant children faced as the United States tried to Americanize them through schooling. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, this blend of people faced more challenges than acceptance, particularly immigrant students. Immigrant children…

Immigrant, a silent era film, director Charlie Chaplin uses a group of actors that he’s used in previous films, most importantly Edna Purviance and Henry Bergman, with the latter starting in two of Chaplin’s 1915 films, The Kreutzer Sonata and The Melting Pot, all the way to Modern Times in 1936. Many similar ‘auteurs” of the time used the same actors as well, especially D.W. Griffith, who used actress Lillian Gish for years. This system changed dramatically by the time of My Man Godfrey’s…

Known as a culturally diverse nation, America coined as the “melting pot” which still holds true today. A recent internet search for American culture turned up more than 47 different cultures that are now embedded in the identity of America and transforming this nation into a multiculturalism American Society (Millet, 2013, p. 1). This growing blend of diverse demographics reflects, in many aspects such as educational, employment, health requirements and religion. All aspects which have a…

America is supposed to be known as the melting pot where all races can come together and help each other with no hate. However, America has been doing everything but bringing people together from different regions. The people of America have been dividing into separate groups at an alarming rate ever since President Donald Trump came to power. A model for Christian Charity mentions a ligament, love, between people. The fact that the nation is still segregated and people are being shunned because…

“Waste not want not,” is something my parents have voiced to me since I was young. It means if I use what I have wisely, I will not need as much as others. Some people will assess leftovers as an awful tomorrow’s meal, but I perceive it as, “Sweet I don’t have to cook again.” I am aware of the poverty among the United States. I have seen it first-hand, along with living it as an adolescent. I have grown stronger as an individual because of my circumstances, as well as appreciating the…

What Happened to the American Dream? “The U.S worked hard to create the American dream of opportunity. Joseph Stiglitz a Nobel prize recipient and an economic professor at Columbia University said, but today that dream is a myth”(Picchi). The “American Dream” is a concept used to describe the American lifestyle. The idea of the American Dream has been imbedded in our heads as the ultimate goal and definition of success. The media, the T.V shows and the books push it in our head what our…

The story of America is a brutal mess. From leaving the home country of Great Britain to moving and creating a whole new life in the newly discovered world. This country has changed from the beginning of the original thirteen colonies, but some see it as the same. Patriotism. A weird word to say, for me at least, about the brutal country. People use the word patriotism as an excuse to be crazy. A patriot is someone who takes pride in the nation they call the United States of America.…

Americanization was a nativist movement which sought to erase the histories of immigrants and mold them in the image of the original anglo-american elite. The melting pot theory saw difference as an impediment to American greatness and hoped to eliminate the features of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe which did not correspond to traditional protestant ethic. Therefore Americanization was a thinly veiled attempt to impose cultural hegemony and reproduce the ruling order, in addition…

“the melting pot” compares America to a giant pot of soup and each ingredient that is added into the pot is an immigrant from another country. Considering that the people are from a different country they add their own flavor. People connect to each other and learn about each other’s culture. This began America’s multicultural country or that’s what everyday wished it to be. The actions taking place in the cartoon is that Uncle Sam is angry because America is unrealistically called the melting…

The United States is a nation built by immigrants. Often called the Great Melting Pot, the U.S. is renowned for its ability to soak up people from countries all around the world and still remain distinctly American. In fact, many argue that the mix of cultures is what makes America America. Some people, however, fear that potentially too much of one culture could dominate America. English has always been the primary language used in the United States, but as the number of non-English speaking…