The term ‘melting pot’ refers to the idea that societies formed by people of different cultures and religions will produce new social and cultural forms, where these cultures lose their individual characteristics to some degree. So the ‘ingredients’ in the pot fuse and create a completely new product. Nowadays this term is commonly used sometimes not correctly. Scientifics and demographers agree that ‘melting pot’ does not accurately describe Americans national identity. Bill Frey, American demographer divides the country into three regions, and he labels only one region ‘Melting Pot’.
The history of the melting pot theory originates from the time of the first immigration wave. The United States was imagined not only as the land of opportunity but as a society where individuals of all (European) nations are melted into a new race of men. Later, in 1908, I.srael Zangwill used the term as a title for his production – a vision of America as an Eden where all ethnicities and cultures melted happily into a harmonious whole. From that time, the term became widespread.
But today, it seems that the United States is...
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