In sociology, the 'melting pot' is a concept referring to a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous with the different elements “melting together” into a harmonious whole with a common culture.
Given the Norse's historical penchant for assimilating themselves linguistically into the regions they settled, would it be realistic to have the names most of the ATL melting pot cultures that would spring up in their wake simply be translations of 'Northmen' in the local language (i.e. Norzhden - the Normans' name if Rollo had conquered.
- The second is not exactly a melting pot, more like a pre existing culture that disappears after a while. It's a Latin based culture that existed in North Africa during Roman times, but slowly disappeared after the Muslims conquered the region. Whenever a county with this culture becomes Muslim, the local culture.
- This is a melting pot culture that appears when British characters convert Yankee provinces. South Anglos Edit. The descendants of the people of the southern parts of the former United States. Beltway: Very restricted in size, mostly being found in North-West Maryland and Old Washington. The confusion after the Event has caused the people of.
- Well, I certainly would enjoy seeing dynamic melting pots the most, would spice up both crusading, viking and other gameplay that involves Migrating. Expand signature. Culture: Real Saxon (Not an eastern Faker) German. Religion: Weird Germanic Neo-Paganism with Animist Characteristics.
The melting pot concept is most commonly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States, though it can be used in any context where a new culture comes to co-exist with another. In recent times, refugees from the Middle East have created melting pots throughout Europe and the Americas.
This term is often challenged, however, by those who assert that cultural differences within a society are valuable and should be preserved. An alternative metaphor, therefore, is salad bowl or mosaic, describing how different cultures mix, but still remain distinct.
The Great American Melting Pot
The United States of America was founded upon the concept of opportunity for every immigrant, and to this day this right to immigrate to the U.S. is defended in its highest courts. The term first originated in the U.S. around 1788 to describe the cultures of many European, Asian, and African nationalities merging together in the newfound culture of the new United States.
This idea of melting cultures together lasted through much of the 19th and 20th centuries, culminating in the 1908 play 'The Melting Pot,' which further perpetuated the American ideal of a homogenous society of many cultures.
However, as the world was overtaken in global warfare in the 1910s, 20s, and again in the 30s and 40s, Americans began to establish an anti-globalist approach to American values, and a large contingent of citizens started calling for banning immigrants from certain countries based on their cultures and religions.
The Great American Mosaic
Due perhaps to an overwhelming sense of patriotism among older-generation Americans, the idea of preserving the 'American culture from foreign influence' has taken center stage in recent elections in the United States.
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For this reason, progressives and civil rights activists arguing on behalf of allowing immigration of refugees and impoverished peoples have renamed the concept to be more of a mosaic, where the elements of different cultures sharing one new nation cohesively form a mural of all beliefs working side by side.
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As idealistic as this seems, it works in many instances. Sweden, for instance, has seen no change in crime despite allowing in a large swathe of Syrian refugees in 2016 and 2017. Instead, the refugees, respecting the culture of the land they've been welcomed to, work side by side with their allies to build better communities.