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Immigration during the Concept Melting Pot of the Late 1800s
Apparently, even if Americans symbolized immigration with the melting pot ideology,
Asians gone through assimilation problems in the late 1800s, which makes such an explanation
difficult in their view. Indeed, the experiences that the Asians went through were different from
those of the Americans. The Asians, on one part, had to go through numerous challenges due to
their “inferior” nature. On the other hand, the color factor prevented them from melting into the
larger culture since they lacked the required “whiteness” (Cutler, Edward, and Jacob 484-485).
In connection, racial bias was a persistent case, and the thinking that different ethnic groups
could merge their ideas into one community becomes a flaw.
As the Asians left their home, mainly due to economic and political issues, a majority had
an objective to work hard to improve their livelihood. However, this dream never turned out true
due to assimilation hurdles. A dominant feature of their settling is that Asians preserved their
culture. With that, many Americans undermined them as they perceived them as “culturally
inferior” (Cutler, Edward, and Jacob 488). As a result, the Americans did not embrace the
cultural differences and couldn’t believe that the Asians were equal such that they could freely
assimilate into the American way of life. In a way to reinforce this perception, the media went to
the extent of producing stereotypic images of Asians to show how they were "lesser" compared
to the Americans (Cutler, Edward, and Jacob 489-490).
