American Society Metaphors

I think that the melting pot is a good way of describing American Society. Everyone has their differences even within the same culture, so I doubt calling it that will take anything away. I think we have accustomed to everyone's cultural beliefs. For example living in San Jose there are different parts of town that are for example all Mexican, from Mexican grocery stores to restaurants, yet people of non Mexican heritage still shop there. I think we can still be a melting pot without getting rid of each others differences but accepting them into our life. I think the best way to describe it is by looking at our food choices. We can eat any type of food that we want from Italian to Chinese. Another way is by looking at our immigrants, to live here most people have to speak English. I'm from Germany and I had to learn, and now most people can't even tell that I'm not American, but that doesn't mean I haven't forgotten about my German Heritage. I have just melted into fitting in by adopting the language as well as other things.