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To: ransomnote

Sure doesn’t look like a melting pot...................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot

The desirability of assimilation and the melting pot model has been rejected by proponents of multiculturalism (cultural mosaic),[5][6] who have suggested alternative metaphors to describe the current American society, such as a salad bowl, or kaleidoscope,


5 posted on 04/06/2026 7:05:03 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I would describe the current salad bowl of a melting pot as a bowl of blueberries, nails, rock salt, Decon, and marshmallows.


17 posted on 04/06/2026 7:14:56 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

What it is, is pure Balkanization.


19 posted on 04/06/2026 7:15:24 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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