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Originally Posted by Squirtit
The general take on melting pot for most Americans, and how I see it, is a non segregated society where my black neighbors, or neighbors of any ethnicity/sexual orientation, can live in my neighborhood without prejudice. Everyone has a unique background, we're all Americans. Divide and conquor will always be the MO for people wanting to make a buck on our minute differences as human beings. Gonna be like that for a few hundred more years probably  |
that's what I'm commenting on, the general take on the term distorts the facts, history and idealogy behind the thinking.
it was a goal of making everyone more white and american.
total assimilation:
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The melting pot was equated with either the acculturation or the total assimilation of European immigrants
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