The Melting-Pot debate in American intellectual history

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The Melting-Pot debate in American intellectual history refers to the long-running intellectual and political argument over whether the United States should assimilate diverse ethnic and cultural groups into a single national identity or embrace pluralism and cultural difference.

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instanceOf	concept in American studies ⓘ concept in immigration history ⓘ historical debate ⓘ intellectual debate ⓘ political debate ⓘ
concerns	whether diverse ethnic and cultural groups should be assimilated into a single national identity ⓘ whether the United States should embrace pluralism and cultural difference ⓘ
describedAs	long-running intellectual and political argument over assimilation versus pluralism in the United States ⓘ
goalOfAssimilationistSide	creation of a unified American national culture ⓘ
goalOfPluralistSide	preservation and recognition of distinct ethnic and cultural identities within the nation-state ⓘ
hasAspect	American exceptionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ citizenship ⓘ civic nationalism ⓘ cosmopolitanism ⓘ cultural assimilation ⓘ cultural hierarchy ⓘ cultural hybridity ⓘ cultural recognition ⓘ cultural relativism ⓘ discrimination ⓘ education policy ⓘ ethnic difference ⓘ ethnic nationalism ⓘ group rights ⓘ hyphenated identities ⓘ identity politics ⓘ individual rights ⓘ integration ⓘ integration policy ⓘ language policy ⓘ loyalty and allegiance ⓘ majority–minority relations ⓘ minority rights ⓘ patriotism ⓘ private culture ⓘ public culture ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ segregation ⓘ social cohesion ⓘ social conflict ⓘ social integration ⓘ social mobility ⓘ transnationalism ⓘ
hasField	American cultural history ⓘ American intellectual history ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ sociology of immigration ⓘ
hasLocation	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTopic	Americanization ⓘ assimilation ⓘ cultural pluralism ⓘ ethnicity in the United States ⓘ immigration in the United States ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ national identity in the United States ⓘ nativism in the United States ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anglo-conformity NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural mosaic ⓘ ethnic revival ⓘ identity politics in the United States ⓘ integrationism ⓘ melting pot metaphor ⓘ salad bowl metaphor ⓘ segmented assimilation ⓘ
relatedTo	civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ education curriculum debates in the United States ⓘ immigration restriction debates in the United States ⓘ multiculturalism debates in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	21st century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ mid 20th century ⓘ

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