I originally named my blog "The Melting Pot" because it was just going to be a place where I dumped a lot of thoughts that didn't all tie together. This morning (much too early this morning) I had a thought about Diversity classes and the term the melting pot not being politically correct. I couldn't remember why exactly - so here is what Wikipedia says about it:
The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States; the melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s.
After 1970 the desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model was challenged by proponents of multiculturalism, who assert that cultural differences within society are valuable and should be preserved, proposing the alternative metaphor of the mosaic or salad bowl – different cultures mix, but remain distinct.
Okay, now I remember! (and I agree) Our different cultures need to be preserved. For some it is already too late. I think it would be silly to change the name of my blog to "The Salad Bowl" - but if anyone finds melting pot offensive I will change it to something! :-) I don't like the idea of my ideas becoming homogeneous and melting together. They are all separate ideas and each comes from a different place in my mind or my heart. I'm going to stop trying to analyze this now because I will get into a lot of metaphors about how I am one person with many facets, a mosaic, if you will.
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