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This 3 page paper discusses the idea of the U.S. as a "melting pot" and how that concept is changing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and a better life. This paper briefly describes this phenomenon. Discussion At the beginning of the 20th century, European immigrants poured into America; the influx was such that a Jewish
playwright named Israel Zangwill wrote a play called "The Melting Pot," which examined the promise of the U.S.: "... the promise that all immigrants can be transformed into Americans, a
new alloy forged in a crucible of democracy, freedom and civic responsibility" (Booth, 1998). The people who came to America in those years were whats commonly called the "first wave"
of immigrants; today we are experiencing the second way, "a movement of people that has profound implications for a society that by tradition pays homage to its immigrant roots at
the same time it confronts complex and deeply ingrained ethnic and racial divisions" (Booth, 1998). The problem lies in the fact that todays immigrants come not from Europe (i.e., they
are not the ancestors of most white Americans) but instead are from Latin America and Asia (Booth, 1998). The ethnic shift caused by their arrival is profound: within the lifetime
of many Americans, "no one ethic group -- including whites of European descent - will comprise a majority of the nations population" (Booth, 1998). What will happen to America then?
Will we learn to embrace this ever increasing diversity or will it rip us apart? No one seems to know. What they do know is that "...the neighborhoods where Americans
live, the politicians and propositions they vote for, the cultures they immerse themselves in, the friends and spouses they have, the churches and schools they attend, and the way they
view themselves are defined by ethnicity" (Booth, 1998). If there is no one main ethic group, will America hold together or fall apart? No one is sure, because they can
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