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MODULE 6 JOURNAL_American Culture and Society

MODULE 6 JOURNAL_American Culture and Society

Q PROMPT: Think about the metaphor of the "Melting Pot" in conjunction with yours and/or your family's experience(s). Briefly describe your background, so that your IA will have a frame of reference for your point of view, and then discuss how accurately - and in what ways - the "Melting Pot" metaphor reflects your family's experience. If you are visiting UNT from outside the United States, discuss your perceptions of the Melting Pot as a way to describe the many cultures that comprise American society. In either case, make use of one or more of the following terms you learned in the lesson: “multiculturalism”, “assimilation”, and “compromise”. Choose which perspective makes the most sense from your own experience and explain why.

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The concept of Melting Pot is indeed an interesting one. My name is Hungquoc Do and so one can very well understand from where I belong. I belong from Vietnam which is Asia. My family stays in Vietnam but I travel to America now and then. Multiculturalism is something I experience often. Multiculturalism essentially means having respect for various diverse cultures. I will take my example to share the experience of the melting pot phenomenon. I am well aware of my language, culture, tradition of my own country i.e Vietnam and