Diversity In The American Dream

America has been referred to as the, “Melting pot of the World,” since 1908, or most recently, used by one of my high school history teachers, “The Tossed Salad of the World.” She felt melting pot was too harsh a term since it insinuated assimilation rather than acceptance, which in many cases, including modern America, is the case. However, the manner in which Americans tend to handle these new cultures attempting to seek refuge in pursuit of a prosperous, more fulfilling life than is an entirely different story itself. American’s have been known for their contempt toward those who they viewed to be ‘different’ either due to skin color, religion, or tradition. These minorities, are often faced with discrimination and hatred. A hatred which

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The first settlers who sailed to America would stand out among other immigrants who traveled to America. They, rather than being the victims of discrimination, were the perpetrators. The immigrants I am speaking about, of course are the pilgrims who landed in 1606 and settled in Jamestown, creating the first successful colony in the Americas. As the Europeans began to grow, the also began to encroach on their neighboring Native American’s land. Although treaties were passed in order to protect the Natives, the Europeans believed it was their destiny, or rather, Manifest Destiny, to conquer the continent and exterminate the savages who dared oppose them with their strange occultist traditions and customs. This sort of attitude would later be perpetuated to anyone else who attempted to seek refuge in America, particularly during the Gilded Age at a time of industrial revolution where America saw one of its largest migration of