Peter Lairo stated the following: > > Brian Heinrich wrote: > > > Peter Lairo wrote: > > >> Germans still haven't really accepted that the whole world is gradually > >> becoming a "meltingpot". > > > And, of course, Americans have yet to accept that the world is actually > > much more akin to a cultural mosaic. > > Oh, I like *mosaic* much better than *meltingpot*. It allows for > maintaining one's own identity instead of being assimilated (melted) > into the collective. ;)
The mosaic idea is so antiquated. You can't sum up a diverse multitude of cultural human beings into one type, especially in the USA, otherwise you couldn't get so many different cultures into one nation. It's the difference between close-mindedness and open-mindedness, a narrow and broader point-of-view. It's also the reason why these discussions started and haven't ended. As for, "maintaining one's own identity." You couldn't have a diverse multitude of cultural human beings if a loss of identity was a fact. ********************************************************************* Signed, SoloCDM
