One of the metaphors that I would use for America is a salad bowl. The term itself is very broad and there are many types of salads out there that are not from a specific country, so it’s not implying that one nationality is more dominant than another. With a salad bowl you can mix many different flavors, yet still retain the differences. Another metaphor that’s similar to the traditional term of “melting pot” but slightly different, is a pot luck. At pot lucks, people bring their own dishes for others to try and there’s usually a huge variety of food with flavors stemming from all over the world. This allows you to put a little bit of everything on your plate, yet you’re still able to see and taste the differences between the dishes. I think this is a good metaphor because it’s implying that different cultures are able to mesh together, while still being distinguishable.
I think your metaphor for the melting pot is actually really clever. It makes a lot of sense because all the food are separated at one point but become combined and make a plate full of different foods that some how just go together. A melting pot just doesn't work because it doesn't allow cultures to have their differences. Just because a culture has some differences to others doesn't mean that they cant come together and get along. Learning about other cultures also helps us not become one big melting pot. I also believe that in society now people have not really cared about other cultures.
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