For Japanese, the “gaijin” are those who by nationality, ethnicity, and race cannot become fully ... The United States has always cherished its “melting pot” ethos of e pluribus unum ...

The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point has told its faculty that seemingly innocuous phrases such as “America is a melting pot” are actually racial microaggressions and should not be used.

Today, the melting pot metaphor is often taken to refer to soup, or perhaps fondue, into which cheese is melted. This robs Zangwill’s message of much of its power. Zangwill’s “crucible ...