The American Melting Pot

In the past immigrants to America were anxious to fit in and prosper in American society. They did their best to learn English, dressed in the typical American style clothing, and many people even legally changed their names to something which sounded more American.

The situation in the early 21st century is no longer a melting pot. It has become a mosaic where immigrants keep their foreign sounding names, continue to wear their foreign looking veils and garments, and rather than wanting to assimilate into the American culture want to retain the culture and the language which they grew up in.

So in those communities where there are large numbers of Mexican-Americans the radio, TV, and newspapers are gradually changing over to Spanish. When the school sends home a note for the parents it is now in English and Spanish.

By not demanding that these immigrants get very proficient in spoken and written English this is ensuring that these Mexican American immigrants will remain second class citizens. How cruel. And intelligent, caring people think that they are doing right by these immigrants by providing bilingual education and allowing this linguistic sloth to continue.

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