On tuesday we were talking along the lines of whether or not the United States has veered away from the melting pot theory and has focused more on not assimilating, especially in schools. My personal take on the matter, being an education major, is that its really all a bunch of talk. Every education class I've taken has emphasized greatly the need to be "cultured" and promote diversity. However I still see large amounts of discrimination and the push to assimilate in the schools. The matter of language alone in the schools, is huge proof that we are still making attempts to assimilate everyone to be more "American". So I honestly don't think that the United States has really advanced much in not pushing for assimilation. I think we all act like we have made huge advancemnts but actions speak louder than words and there is a huge difference in talking about multicultural education and actually practicing it.
-Ryan Fleming blog post#19
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