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A 4 page paper which examines “The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again” by Michael Barone and discusses how Latinos, Asians, and Blacks may well be going through the same experiences of the Italians, Jews and Irish immigrants in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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perhaps alone, are the Latinos, the African Americans, and the Asians. During the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century the most prominent cultures were the
Irish, the Italians, and the Jews. These three groups from the past were seen as incredibly different. They were not considered white Americans and they were not seen as worthy
of American citizenship. Many people argued, especially in the 19th century, that so many different cultures would corrupt the pure white race that was American. However, even the early Americans
were from many different cultures and they gradually assimilated into a culture that included everyone. That has been seen time and time again as now we accept Jews, and Italians,
and the Irish as part of the white race. Today we are faced with many different cultures that seem to "invade" the white culture, according to many. They are
seen as threats and they are clearly seen as non white individuals who are perhaps not worthy of being Americans. However, in "The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can
Work Again" by Michael Barone the author argues, and convincingly, that over the next few decades, or the next century, the Asians, Latinos, and African Americans will become part of
the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of this nation. The following paper
examines Barones work and discusses how his work appears to make a great deal of sense. The Melting Pot Today Barone argues that, "The United States has never
been a monoethnic nation. The colonies...were settled by distinctive groups from different parts of the British Isles, with distinctive folkways, distinctive behaviors in everything from politics to sexual behavior" (2).
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