Loida Velazquez: Is America a melting pot or salad bowl?

An interesting article pointing out the differences in the two ways immigrants fit in here. - - Donna Poisl

Difference between acculturation and assimilation is significant

by Loida Velazquez, knoxnews.com

Many sociologists and anthropologists have concluded that the melting pot concept never accurately described the immigrant experience in the United States. They have begun to use the salad bowl image instead.

In the melting pot image, the process of assimilation is the catalyst for the disintegration of the values, traditions and customs of the old country.

In the salad bowl concept, the values, traditions and customs of both become part of the salad.
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