Essay - America is Supposedly the Melting Pot of the World, Where...

America is supposedly the Melting Pot of ***** world, where people of many different ethnicities, cultures, and backgrounds come together in peace to establish one united and equal society. As one of the most developed countries in the world, The United States is, to many individuals, a symbol of enlightenment and advancement in all areas of ***** arts, sciences, and all aspects ***** life. ***** Melting Pot may indeed be an accurate metaphor for America, ***** the contents of that pot do originate from many nations and cultures. However, there are implications of that metaphor ***** may not ***** thoroughly analyzed by gung-ho, idealistic, patriotic American citizens. Is a Melting Pot really that desirable of a pl*****ce ***** be contained? Consider, ***** a moment, the actual state of affairs within a melting pot on a hot stove; it is not a pretty picture. Like the many cheeses and spices that combine to make f*****du when heated, ***** is an attempt by this pot to homogenize the contents of ***** nation in***** one ***** dish, yet to retain the claim ***** having a wide range ***** ingredients. Indeed, ***** is to be dutifully recalled that ***** can expect to find burned scum along the bottom and sides of a melting pot ***** have been sacrificed due to their inability ***** flow properly with the rest of the pot contents. The ***** that do integrate rather than being cast aside or destroyed in this pot ***** one fate: to be consumed into the lumpy mass by the other ingredients, as well as eaten alive ***** the omnipresent diner. This analysis of ***** American way may seem a little over the top, however, the point remains quite valid. People ***** other ***** that enter America face a number of heated problems when trying to become a part of *****n culture, retain ***** of their own culture, and find an personal and cultural identity within these surroundings. Asians in America have a *****icular dilemma because there is a complex dichotomy to their cultural identity within Western culture. The Orient is perceived ***** exotic and mundane, intellectual and d*****advantaged, chic and impoverished; orientalism and the Asian ***** within America are both idealized and degraded.

One ***** the signature goals of every d*****trodden ***** underprivileged group of people within ***** country to demand proportionately ***** representation, whether ***** be the fight for ***** within ***** government, within the mass media, or within public perception. However, a proportion*****l amount of representation does ***** necessarily mean equal *****. "It is crucial for all of us living in ***** industrialized West to obscure and willfully distort relations between East and West, between Asia and America. Our standard of living depends on it." (Shah) Americans want to believe that this is a land of endless opportunity and open understanding, and therefore many efforts are made to create an illusion that this is the truth. In the case ***** Asi*****s and ***** culture, there ***** a great deal of representation. Asians