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Is the U.S. a Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl?
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- in the history of the United States we have called ourselves the great Melting Pot the idea of a Melting Pot is that people come from various Nations and
- cultures and all become American this idea is codified into our national motto ebus Unum out of many one in recent decades the United States of America has
- been referred to as a salad bowl instead of a Melting Pot the idea of a salad bowl is that each ingredient of the salad maintains its separate identity
- flavor and color instead of blending into the rest of the salad instead of calling a person an American we call them an africanamerican or an
- Asian-American or something that identifies their culture prior to Coming to America they keep their original Heritage culture and ethnic identity and
- remain separate from other Americans respecting your distinct Heritage following your distinct dis inct religion and celebrating special days
- that you hold dear is a good thing this is a big part of who you are I don't Advocate abandoning these pieces of your identity however there is something that
- I believe we've lost by not embracing a single identity As Americans let me explain politicians gain an advantage by splitting us up into more distinct Salad
- Bowl ingredients for instance today close to 9 90% of black people vote for Democratic party candidates Democratic party candidates know this and they
- Pander to gain this voting block the way they split us up is they convince black voters that Republicans are racists and they are
- anti-racists Republicans create the same dividing tactic among the small business owner voting block they say that Democrats will raise taxes and put undue
- burden on small business owners if you want low taxes for higher profits you must vote Republican this pandering creates another distinct division in our
- salad bowl this dividing continues until Democrats and Republicans have divided the salad bowl into its respective Democratic party and Republican party
- ingredients imagine a salad bowl with the tomatoes green peppers and olives off to one side and the Cucumbers carrots and cheese on the other side
- this is what a polarized salad bowl looks like no one wants to eat this salad just like few people want to live in such a divided country what about the
- lettuce there is the lettuce ingredient in our salad bowl lettuce is the centrus more and more people are becoming immune from the pandering of politicians they
- see through the false promises and the tactics to divide us and yet they have no leader who dares to challenge the powerful political party parties there
- is no objective news media that will advocate for a middle ground and yet these centrists are the true Americans they are the ones who decided not to
- give up on the idea of the Melting Pot a Melting Pot is not a place where everybody becomes an automaton and follows a European culture instead it is
- where unique cultures blend and a Melting Pot Christians follow their faith and they respect the faith of a Muslim in a melting pot people of Irish
- and German Heritage celebrate Cinco Deo with their neighbors in a Melting Pot people are known by the content of their character rather than their ethnic
- Heritage we drop the hyphenated Americans and all become Americans in a Melting Pot we drop the scientifically improper word race and start using
- ethnicity to describe someone's ethnic Heritage we stop treating our fellow Americans as enemies or victims so what's preventing us from melting it may
- sound great to paint this picture of a Utopia of America where everyone gets along and we drop all the identifying words that separate us but we have been
- separating for generations and frankly lettuce is boring there is a reason that Fox News CNN and MSNBC cable news channels are making record profits from
- polarization it is entertaining to root for our home team of conservatives or liberals the story is much more engaging when there's an antagonist and a
- protagonist is it any wonder that we cannot elect a Centrist candidate when lettuce is so boring so what does it mean to be an American in my day job I
- coach small business owners my clients want to achieve something different that they know they are not achieving today they know that they must do something
- different but they don't know what that thing is the first step is to visualize the goal what is it that you're trying to achieve why do you want to get to
- this new place in the case of recreating our Melting Pot we must identify what it means to be an American this is a list that we must create together so here is
- my list for a starting point an economy that rewards hard hard work risk-taking ownership and Innovation tax revenues that reserve a predictable amount to pay
- for public services an education system that prepares young people for a prosperous life an educated electorate who is deliberate about voting their
- conscience love and respect for people regardless of any unique trait a reasonable justice system that operates the same for all the right to do process
- with the presumption of innocence ignoring others behaviors that have no effect on our lives controlling our national borders responsible use of
- natural resources and welcoming in immigrants who share our American values this is my list and it's not extensive whatever the list is if we can Define
- what it means to be American we will have common objectives that create the fabric that unites us and whatever this list is it needs to be the ideal that
- unites us all so as I drafted my makeshift list it was apparent to me that Americans will have reasonable objections to the items on my list they
- will want to better Define some items or they may object to my list altogether the way that we handle conflict among ourselves is also an American ideal and
- today's vernacular we call this conflict handling debate Congress people debate various topics and are supposed to come to some common ground and this rarely
- happens in a polarized environment instead debate turns into demagoguery disagreement is a normal thing we won't all agree on various ideals this means
- that these ideals aren't common to all Americans and shouldn't be on the list or it means that these ideals need to be refined to build
- consensus differences of opinion are natural where conflict goes wrong is when we start creating an Us Versus Them ideals that create animosity and
- separation sadly this is what most of our conflict is today the division can be between rich and poor the division can can be between white and black the
- division can be between conservative and liberals and this is how the solid bull ingredients get divided and stay divided so what can you do it's easy for me to
- complain about political polarization and it's hard to do something to end political polarization my part is my writing I've recently published a book
- called engineering Unity this book describes sources of political polarization and outlines how we can come together on 12 controversial topics
- so here's what we all can do we can stop consuming news that is merely an echo chamber of our opinion we can engage in respectful conversations with our
- antagonists conflict is a good thing if we engage in conflict in the right way hold true to our beliefs and respect the freedom and liberty of others to hold
- true to their beliefs it's boring being the lettuce and the salad bowl trust me I know but it's worth it we can recreate the American Melting Pot where we take
- the best of all of us this is an ideal of America let's get back to this idea together