Myth of the Melting Pot Is Inherently Essay

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Myth of the melting pot is inherently flawed. Amalgamated in theory, the cultural and ethnic fabric of the United States was developed not by the theoretical claim of mass immigration. Unfortunately, the development of the melting pot is a euphemism to distort the truth and ostensibly shield the fact of slavery, kidnapping, and rape to which the development of the nation rings true. Therefore, is the melting pot a cover to distort the true nature of a new social working class that is destined to be an enslaved working class to the aristocracy?

Israel Zangwill's mockery of the Melting Pot was a function of the 1908 drama to which he parodies the melting pot myth using characterization and symbolism to define just how the misconception of the melting pot is a ridiculous mistruth that is designed to ostensibly bring in the most qualified workers to the country for labor exploitation. The melting pot, therefore, would be to support the development of this new labor pool and prevent dissention from racism.

The notion of the melting pot was contrived from the horrible atrocities of the Nazi Germany 'final solution'. Depiction of the droves of Caucasian Jews and other 'undesirables' became a fixation to political leaders to which the new paradigm would shift to multi-colored and multi-racial unification and an opportunity for economic prosperity albeit within a highly competitive and very marginalized economy.

The aforementioned paradigm shift is the development of social movements via political, civil rights, and human rights organizations and activists that forcefully implored their collective will on changing the fabric of the cultural demographic. Indeed, there has been a proliferation of hate groups in America. Are the most recent financial and political developments to include the housing meltdown, a modern-day global 'Great Depression', and the marginalization of non-wealthy Caucasian-Americans the causal variables that led to these developments?

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The fear of difference is perhaps the underlying or lurking variable with regard to the proliferation of hate groups in the U.S. The fear of difference inherently is not the catalyst, however. The fear of economic disparity, losing a lifestyle to a new wave of foreigners is ostensibly the true causal variable that has led to the large increase in hate groups.
Nazi Germany arose due to economic strife. The scapegoat was identified and a wave of violence succeeded to prevail.

Whether one wants to believe that Nazi Germany is somewhat tangential to the uprisings throughout the U.S. may not be based in false speculation or ideology that is inherently flawed. Indeed Nazi Germany was absolutely anti-melting pot whereas the U.S. had identified the complete opposite modus operandi as the political rule of the land. The disparity between these two developments points to what could have been a more sinister future. Indeed, perhaps the world in large has become spoiled.

Are these subjective statements? When the underlying data and facts from history point to a desire to control, to eliminate through genocidal tendencies, and to enslave and marginalize, the notion of a 'melting pot' even as a guise to ensure an elitist and nepotistic agenda emerges, similar to what was emerging in Nazi Germany, the Nazi elite, and the rest of the population whom were to be supporters of the party.

Thomas Jefferson's inherent belief of white racial supremacy to which the blacks were not to intermarry with the white was also anti-melting pot and as we now know, based on flawed science and is conclusively a false premise. The melting pot is a function of all of these misbeliefs and atrocities. What has been created, in the eyes of global leaders and planners, is a society that is based on elitist ideology. This would be true in most any case. However, the elitist ideology, considering it is elitist, is perhaps as fair and as broad based of an inclusive policy as a country can subjugate.

The notion, therefore, of the melting pot as a way to obfuscate the truth from the general population is a surreptitious way of maintaining power while providing a means of opportunity to those whom may….....

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