Pol Pot

Assimilation means multiple groups become mixed by obtaining each other’s social and psychological characteristics, such as how waves of immigrants have been assimilated into the American culture. Richard Rodriguez, the writer of “Blaxican’s and Other Reinvented Americans” is telling the readers about mixing race in America and belongings of immigration. Cultural assimilation in Rodriguez’s view is the processes by groups of cultures that comes from different countries and speak different…

Just a Shrine,” by Mary Gordon, our author takes us on the physical and emotional journey that some of our ancestors went on to come to this country for a better life. By coming here, they made America what it was always meant to be, a melting pot. The melting pot of America can be taken either in a good or bad perspective, but in the end, it changed American culture and is the reason most of us are here today. I will be defending…

What does it mean to be an American? I don’t feel like there will ever be two people that have the same opinion or thoughts on being an American. Life, each person’s individual experiences, beliefs and ideas define what it means for them to be and American. If you’ve never live anywhere else how would you truly know what it means to be and American vs an African, European, etc. Family, education, multiple culture, and technological advancement that what America means to me. America has played a…

The melting pot theory Is a metaphor for describing the assimilation of immigrants into American culture. It relies on the image of people from different cultures and backgrounds mixing and melting together into one big cultural potThe United States is often referred to as a melting pot of people from a wide variety of backgrounds. It is an assimilation of cultures, ethnic origins, religions, ideas and traditions. This concept relies on the idea that everyone who lives in the United States…

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…

author meant that a multicultural American has weakened the United States political power or sovereignty and the identity of America. Although that is not necessarily true, America is considered the “Melting Pot” among all of the one hundred and ninety-six countries. America is known as the melting pot because America welcomes people from all walks of life, it is not a matter of where they come from, what they believe in or the color of their skin,…

During the 1800’s and the early 1900’s people started to give America the nickname, the melting pot. America was welcoming people from all over the world from different races and religions. These people were all hoping to find a better life, new opportunities and freedom. Since the start of American history, immigrants came here and brought their traditions and cultures with them. The United States is a country of immigrants. It is a place where people from all over the world come to build a…

Living in America, I live in what is known as the melting pot. The melting pot is a unique blend of different cultures and ethnic groups. By being together, people get a chance to learn about other ethnic groups, cultures and so on. This unique blend and closeness has resulted in people having open minds and accepting hearts. However this does not always happen. Because there is so much diversity often times great minds clash. The influences that will be talked later on in this paper will…

America is often referred to as a cultural “melting pot,” welcoming all types of people from around the world, all hoping for the same freedom and opportunity. The history of our country begins with immigrants, all with unique cultures and traditions. The diversity which exists in America makes the country unique but also is the source of many problems. Irish Americans are just one of many cultural groups which have contributed to the American culture. The factual story of how this group came to…

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…