Abstract: Mainly used as a metaphor to evoke the experiences of assimilation for immigrants in the United States, “melting pot” is a term that has been used by scholars and policy‐makers in the exploration of race/ethnicity, immigration, and inequality. One strand of this concept rests on the belief that immigrant groups eventually shed beliefs, linguistic styles, and other cultural practices from their country of origin and meld with other people in order to form a new US‐based culture. However, another strand contends that a melting of previous identities occurs but that what is newly created is a reflection of the dominant culture that already exists in the United States. The melting pot encompasses both of these ideas and has contributed to the growing literature on assimilation.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-26
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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