Why has the salad bowl replaced the melting pot as a metphor for american multiculturalism?

Multiculturalism is the co-existence of diverse cultures.

Salad bowl is a model of racial integration where people of various cultures live in harmony like the ingredients of a salad. Different American cultures are brought together, but they do not form together into a single homogeneous culture.

This term indicates that different ethnic groups are able to preserve their original cultures and identities even if they assimilate well into their new host societies. The salad bowl approach can be compared to the idea of multiculturalism in Europe which means a partial integration only.

The traditional American melting pot conveyed the idea that, with time, generations of immigrants melt together. They abandon their original cultures to become totally assimilated into the American society.

Salad bowl has become a more politically correct term, as it implies a society of many individuals with various ethnic and cultural identities living together in harmony.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.

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