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The United States of America is one of the most culturally diverse nations on earth. In 2009, Michael C. Lemay states, “the United States of America is arguably the most ethnically and racially diverse nation on earth” (p.1). Who is an American, I am using the term Americans to be defined as individuals who were native born, naturalized citizens, and individuals who consider themselves Americans from the United States of America. Generally speaking most Americans grow up, in ethnically homogeneous communities (Putnam, 137) vice the differing theories of “melting pot” or “salad bowl.” Have Americans reached either the “melting pot” or “salad bowl” theories of cultural assimilation?; I will look as some of the of cultural assimilations in Brazil and America, and conclude with my own thoughts on assimilation.

Americans live and work in communities that are ethnically and culturally diverse the issues of intolerance and prejudice against various ethnic and racial backgrounds has been a plague throughout much of the United States history. Such as the Grandfather clause or Block busting.

The Grandfather Clause is a device used to disenfranchise blacks in the South; only persons who grandfathers voted could vote, thus blacks whose grandfathers were slaves and could not vote were denied registration” and “block busting is a device by which real estate agencies encourage minority members to purchase homes a previously all-white neighborhood in order to reach the tipping point and set off white flight, thus generating large-scale sales (Lemay, 2009).

Even The Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida states, “America’s cultural diversity has always been one of our nation’s greatest strengths.” (Diaz-Balart, 485) as he spoke to the House of Representatives on 20 October 2005 celebrating National Hispanic Day, this being true but we are also very separated and still segegrated, my home town there is the railroad tracks that...