I would love to say that melting pot or a beautiful rainbow best describes our society, but in order to do this I would have to ignore cultural, social, and racial divides that are very real and affect people every single day. I can say that I wish our society was a melting pot or beautiful rainbow. I would love for my children to grow up being judged on merit and not by who they know, what they look like, or beliefs that they hold; but our society as a whole would have to become a lot more accepting in a very short amount of time for this to happen.
Considering where we are and how far we’ve come from where we started (we have made a lot of progress) I would say we are like a pizza. Everyone has finally come to accept that different people are here to stay whether they like it or not. Like a pizza, unfortunately, people can still fairly easily associate with groups of their choice, and avoid others completely. The rich can still play with the rich, the blacks can still play with the blacks, the girls can still play with the girls without having to answer to anyone as to why their circle isn’t more diverse. People can order whatever toppings they want on a pizza, or no toppings at all, and each and every possible combination is still a pizza. People can surround themselves with different classes, races, and genders and know that they will be identified as an American. People can also hold racist beliefs and isolate themselves to only their group and also know that they will be identified as American. Whatever love or hate that we want to share does not make us more or less American. There are some of us who are more accepting of people in general just as there are pizzas with more toppings than others. Some people say that they hate anchovies without ever having tasted one; they explain that the thought, or the smell just repulses them. Let us ask ourselves who are our “anchovies” and is it o.k. for us not to like them without “trying” them first?
Hi, I really thought it was interesting how you compared America as a pizza rather than a beautiful rainbow or the already given melting pot. But I have to say that your reasons why you chose a pizza were well explained and I agree with every word you said. It is saddening to know that people can be so oblivious to their surroundings or how they can be extremely arrogant when classifying themselves as Americans. If people were to take off cultural, social, and racial beliefs, then everyone will be the same. Maybe then they will realize there are no need for differences when in the end, we are all just humans trying to survive and overcome Darwin's "Survival of the Fittest" theory. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds. Yet, there are hope and your post definitely showed it! Great post!
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