What is the myth of the melting pot

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1. What is the myth of the Melting Pot? Do you think we are a melting potand why or why not?

2. What associations do you make with the terms culture, ethnicity, and traditions? Some of the best ways for us to humanize and understand backgrounds that are different from our own are through learning the language, eating the foods, and taking part in festivals, music, and various traditions. Share what traditions and cultural events you have taken part of throughout your life.

3. Lastly, during class, we will watch the following video (below), taken from Frederick Douglass's 1852, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July(below). Douglass asserts, "Oppression makes a wise man mad. He later says, To him, your celebration is a sham. What is the signi?cance of these statements when he gave this speech? What else do you observe about this speech? Is it surprising from a newly emancipated slave? What is the signi?cance of his descendants reciting parts of the speech TODAY (Fourth of July, 2020)?

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