melting pots
Diverse society metaphors
A melting pot is a place where diverse peoples or cultures blend into a unified whole.
The United States has long been called a melting pot, though critics note the metaphor oversimplifies how assimilation actually works.
The term comes from the image of a crucible where metals fuse: New York was a melting pot of immigrants from dozens of countries.
- cruciblesHeat-proof smelting containers
- cultural mosaicSociety preserving distinct heritages
- cultural diversityMultiple traditions in one society
- fusionJoining into unity
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
acculturation · amalgamation · mix · syncretism · cultural exchange · blending · diaspora · mixed heritage · blended families · inclusion · salad bowl · tossed salad · immigration · Ellis Island · new arrivals · Toronto · cosmopolitanism · New York City
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melting potssalad bowls
Containers for mixed greens
ethnic enclaves · multiculturalism · monocultures · balkanization · tribalism
melting potsghettos
Isolated, impoverished urban districts
segregation · apartheid · silos · isolation · insularity
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