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The metaphor of the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading. A m

The metaphor of the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading. A more accurate analogy would be a salad bowl, for, though the salad is an entity, the lettuce can still be distinguished from the chicory, the tomatoes from the cabbage. – Carl N. Degler

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