American society

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Salad Bowl Theory
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developed of immigrants and their children
2. America continues to take

a lot of immigrants

immigration experiences and culture groups. This variety makes complex of

American peoples’ features. It is very difficult to describe the “Average American”.
There are some features, the majority has. But It doesn’t mean that americans in general have these features.

White
Christian
European ancestry
English language

peoples from various cultures come to America and contribute aspects

of their culture to create a new, unique American culture. The result is that contributions from many cultures are indistinguishable from one another and are effectively "melted" together. This type of society are typical for the first stage of settling.

Theory there are times when newly arrived immigrants do not

lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them. The unique characteristics of each culture are still identifiable within the larger American society, much like the ingredients in a salad are still identifiable, yet contribute to the overall make up of the salad bowl. It is this theory that also accounts for the retention of the "something-American" hyphenation when identifying cultural identity. This theory is also referred to as pluralism.

or their decedents adopt enough of the American culture that

while they may retain aspects or traditions of their cultural heritage, they are identifiable as uniquely "American". Most if all of these cultural traditions (language, foods, etc.) have been replaced with "Americanized" traditions. Now there is this type of society.

on the basis of sex
The health of nation (smoking, alcohol,

drugs, obesity)

animals)
Rainforest relief
National organization for women
Boy scouts