help screenshot in comments and @shadow i'm sorry if this is in the wrong subject, but this is as close as i can get to "social issues"

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karissafrazier · Answer

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Shadow · Answer

What do you need help with?

karissafrazier · Answer

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i have never heard of "the melting pot" before- like- is it some kind of pot that melts *le sob*

Shadow · Answer

Have you looked up the term?

karissafrazier · Answer

the internet doesnt provide too much for me

Shadow · Answer

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Shadow · Answer

What can you gather from that definition, in particular how it relates to America?

karissafrazier · Answer

uhhhhh that America has a bunch of people from different religeions and different theiros and stuff?

toga · Answer

@karissafrazier wrote:

uhhhhh that America has a bunch of people from different religeions and different theiros and stuff?

exactly

Shadow · Answer

You have essentially answered the first question. America is a melting point because it has a bunch of different people from a bunch of different places.

Shadow · Answer

You probably just want to use some nicer words, then you have a good answer for that question :)

Shadow · Answer

Melting point: bunch of different people from a bunch of different places come to a place and melt their cultures all together.

For the second part, think about American culture. How is it impacted by having all these different peoples and cultures in America? That's how the melting pot applies to it.

karissafrazier · Answer

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Shadow · Answer

Have you picked an option?

karissafrazier · Answer

i think i wanna do the first one but like, legit, cannot find a thing related to it, it's showing for things that ISNT what i need

qiqi · Answer

@shadow wrote:

You have essentially answered the first question. America is a melting point because it has a bunch of different people from a bunch of different places.

I just wanted to add about the last part of the concept "melting point" in America means. It is basically immigrants forgetting about their own culture once they are in America and we usually refer to it as "Americanization", so I also suggest OP to look into that more as well.

Shadow · Answer

https://docs.house.gov/floor/ https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/floor_activity/floor_activity.htm These websites indicate the current bills being discussed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, collectively the Congress. If you do Ctrl + F or Ctrl + G you can search for 'immi' to find things related to immigration

Shadow · Answer

I found two in the House, and one in the Senate. So you have three bills to choose from.

Shadow · Answer

@qiqi That definitely does happen in the United States, such as children of immigrants not learning their indigenous language or carrying on their cultural practices / traditions.

On the whole though, America to me feels more like a blend of cultures. Chinese food for example is a hallmark of American culture, and much like pizza is from the Italians.

qiqi · Answer

@shadow wrote:

@qiqi That definitely does happen in the United States, such as children of immigrants not learning their indigenous language or carrying on their cultural practices / traditions. On the whole though, America to me feels more like a blend of cultures. Chinese food for example is a hallmark of American culture, and much like pizza is from the Italians.

Oh yeah in Canada, they call it "Mosaic" since the immigrants maintain their cultures. But these terms have been used for a long time so I guess it is also now different in America. I guess this is the point that OP has to explain in their essay. This topic is always a topic in HS debates for sure (:

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