Sadly to say, America has become the melting pot for many cultures and religions. But on the brighter side, I do agree with Rev. Jackson when he states that we are "rainbows and a family quilt". So many generations have invested into this country, but many have still not been recognized, just swept under the rug. There are so many traditions that I not respected like Ramadan for example. Although of Muslim kids take a lot of heat and pressure in school.
If I had a metaphor that compliments Jess Jackson's, I would say "America has the simplistic beauty like no other". We are always shifting and changing almost everyday, for instance, I had NO idea it was illegal for vendors to sell plastic bags out here in San Jose. I went from plastic bag city to eco-friendly. I thought that is a perfect way to prevent global warming, I'm not even into stuff like that. We do have almost everyone in the world here, I just hope that we the people can come to a mutual understanding and respect, after all this is the land of the free right?
When I read through the metaphor “melting pot”, I thought the American society was in a melting pot, but looking at the context of this metaphor, it is really a reality that the American society is still in the act of enforcing their culture into people migrating into their society. In the American schooling system, for example, the style of teaching is different from the standard generally accepted by other countries. Looking at the international standard units for measurement, the American society didn’t accepted the general standard agreed on, instead they developed their own style of measurements. These are seen as the American culture.
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