Melting pot

Challenges, Everyone’s day is filled with them. For some, their challenge is getting up in the morning, and for others, it’s getting a promotion. These challenges are what shape our character. My biggest challenge thus far has to be AP Chemistry. It was my first AP class, and I was not prepared for what came with it. Throughout my school career everything was pretty easy. I never had any homework, the work was not very difficult and I could do it on my own. Not in AP chemistry. AP Chemistry is…

Being Asian in America The presidential election of 2016 will forever be memorable in history due to a businessman claiming the presidency over governmental workers with much more experience than he. For me, Donald Trump winning the presidential election is memorable since it defined how I viewed myself in America. Before the election I lived carefree in the small town of Byron Center, which is predominantly Caucasian. Growing up in a primarily Caucasian town caused me to not think about the…

As an American-Born-Chinese living in the United States, I have experienced the best, and worst, of two worlds. Growing up, I struggled with finding my identity alongside my peers. While on the outside I have the standard appearance that labels me as “Asian”, this alone has singled me out from the predominantly caucasian student body at school. People have stamped me with the word, “nerd,” without me even opening my mouth to speak, and classified me as being “mathematically intelligent” without…

long as it follows the administrations guidelines) on the last days of October. While you have fair, well suited guidelines already in play on those special days, I would like you to consider adding another significant one. We all know America as melting pot ,but in fact its not its more a tossed salad to be more precise. We all coexist together with all of different cultures, religions, and traditions, but we still retain them as separate and being unique. Having said that we have problem in…

Cajun Gypsy Growing up in a melting pot of culture, Lafayette has shown me how diverse and beautiful cultural identity can be. Even walking out of your front door can offer a blend of credentials required to be a part of a certain culture. This city, and surrounding areas, emit vibrant displays of what makes a person unique. From festivals celebrating food, to gatherings called specifically for international cultural appreciation, it is difficult to find another place so rich in culture. Living…

many fancy boutiques, warming guesthouses, luxurious hotels, and luminous clubs. Miami is a city made up of many backgrounds. Whether this comes from other countries or states, through its residents or tourists, South Beach best exemplifies this melting pot of cultures. One only has to visit this remarkable site once to stimulate the five human senses. As Lenny Bruce, the late comedian of the 1950’s, once said, “Miami Beach is where neon goes to…

The United States of America is known as the “great melting pot” of the world, the home of the brave, and the land of the free. The ideal society, some might say, but America is far from achieving this utopian society that it has been designated as. Now, in the 21st century, after decades of being suppressed woman are taking a stand and speaking out against the injustice and inequalities they have endured, they are taking a stand against the wage gap. A gap, that is so large, that for every…

Hamilton it the newest and hottest show on Broadway. It tells the story of American founding father, right hand man to George Washington, and first U.S Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. The show has been seen by everyone, from Beyonce and Jay Z to Barack Obama. Tickets are practically impossible to get. One of the most innovative things about this show that make history interesting is that the music is more hip-hop than musical theatre. The genius behind Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is…

Melville’s novel “Moby Dick”, Melville creates an image of America and its qualities through a ship called the Pequod while also creating a sailing coffin for his crew. In Moby Dick, Melville writes about a ship called the Pequod. The Pequod is a melting pot, just like the country it is created in the image of, with its crew of mixed races and religion. Also like America, the crew was made of 30 men, while America had 30 states in the union. The Pequod was named after an American Indian Tribe…

The Core of Our Democracy Freedom of speech, religion, press, peaceful assembly, and petition to government; these freedoms we wouldn’t have if not for the first amendment. The first amendment is the most superlative amendment because of the freedom of speech and freedom of religion. As Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once said “Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” (ALA…