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The Great Melting Pot

Jan 28th, 2009 by Lori C.

We now have a new president.  President Obama.  There, I’ve said it.  It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be.

The media keeps telling us that this inauguration was a “historical event.”  Why?  They say because he is the first African-American president of the United States.

I’m tired of hyphenated Americans.  My ancestors are all English, but I don’t go around telling everyone that I’m English-American.  My husband’s ancestors are German, yet no one considers him a German-American.  Then, why do we take a particular ancestry and insist that they are not wholly American?

Assuming that President Obama was born in the United States, why can’t he consider himself an American?  Why does he ignore his mother’s heritage?  Assuming she is of European decent, should we call President Obama European-African-American or African-European-American? 

The United States is supposed to be the great “melting pot” where people of many ancestries and backgrounds come together to make one nation.  Being bi-racial, President Obama is a good example of that. 

America’s “melting pot” needs the heat turned up.  Some aren’t doing a very good job “melting” together.  People are proud and want to be noticed.  “Melting” together and losing your individuality isn’t going to get you noticed.  Instead, you must insist that you are different–that you don’t quite fit in.

President Obama’s inauguration was a historical event.  Two years ago, hardly anyone outside of Illinois had ever heard of the man.  He went from being a nobody to leader of the free world in just a few months, he’s the first bi-racial president of the United States, and he’s an American–just like all the other presidents before him.

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  • http://adsii.spaces.live.com/ Alan

    Actually, universities around the nation quit teaching the “melting pot” concept in the late 1980s. It was considered politically incorrect. Now the trend by liberals in the U.S. is to teach that America is a “chef salad” and that while all parts are American, they all retain their own unique traits and cultural norms.

    As you can see, this is a major part of the problem since these university liberals actually shape the minds of those that teach our children. Take a close look at university American history books – and I tell you this out of experience. About 90% of them do distort our nation’s history to support the humanistic nature of the socialist movement. If you dare rise up against the new “histories,” as a professional, you are considered as being “dated, out of touch, and teaching incorrect interpretations” of history.

    Until conservatives realize that we are fighting a war against a ideology bent on destroying free market principles and basic human freedoms in favor of socialism, collectivism, and the nanny state, we will contiunue to drift down this dangerous road.

  • http://adsii.spaces.live.com/ Alan

    Actually, universities around the nation quit teaching the “melting pot” concept in the late 1980s. It was considered politically incorrect. Now the trend by liberals in the U.S. is to teach that America is a “chef salad” and that while all parts are American, they all retain their own unique traits and cultural norms.

    As you can see, this is a major part of the problem since these university liberals actually shape the minds of those that teach our children. Take a close look at university American history books – and I tell you this out of experience. About 90% of them do distort our nation’s history to support the humanistic nature of the socialist movement. If you dare rise up against the new “histories,” as a professional, you are considered as being “dated, out of touch, and teaching incorrect interpretations” of history.

    Until conservatives realize that we are fighting a war against a ideology bent on destroying free market principles and basic human freedoms in favor of socialism, collectivism, and the nanny state, we will contiunue to drift down this dangerous road.

  • http://www.loricamper.com Lori C.

    Alan said, “Actually, universities around the nation quit teaching the “melting pot” concept in the late 1980s.”

    Looks like I’m showing my age. LOL

  • http://www.loricamper.com Lori C.

    Alan said, “Actually, universities around the nation quit teaching the “melting pot” concept in the late 1980s.”

    Looks like I’m showing my age. LOL

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