Amercian Culture Metaphors

American Culture has been said to contain many different origins and heritages, which make up their varied culture. Many people see America as a melting pot, due to the fact that is contains a wide variety of people that live in the United States. However, there is also a belief that American culture is actually a "salad bowl," rather than a melting pot. These people claim that cultures should not be blended into a "pot" but rather be combined into one group, in which each individual "ingredient" or "ethnicity" can be distinguished.
Although there are melting pot or salad metaphors, some can picture our society as a culture, much like a salsa, where there is a little blend, but you can still distinguish the specific ingredients.
Therefore, no matter how people relate American culture to other things, everyone is trying to get a grip on how our culture is special and different from the others. And the common idea that people point out, is that there are many cultures that make up the "American Culture."
My personal opinion is that our culture is comprised of many different cultures, yet special in its own way. I would agree with the salad metaphor because when I think of American, I think of a place where many different ethnicities are accepted and live, but also remember that when you look at our culture from up close, you are able to find a group of people from almost anywhere in the world. . (Diversity)