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Eric Flaxman US Embassy Warsaw April 2012

Multi-culturalism in the US. Eric Flaxman US Embassy Warsaw April 2012. Melting pot or salad bowl?. Multicultural. Assimilated. Religion. Appearance. Food. Holidays. What is culture? . Art. Language. Attitudes. Beliefs. Values. Types of cultures. What causes diversity?.

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Eric Flaxman US Embassy Warsaw April 2012

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  1. Multi-culturalism in the US Eric FlaxmanUS Embassy WarsawApril 2012

  2. Melting pot or salad bowl? • Multicultural • Assimilated

  3. Religion Appearance Food Holidays What is culture? Art Language Attitudes Beliefs Values

  4. Types of cultures

  5. What causes diversity? • Native population • Colonization • Immigration • Slavery • Freedom

  6. Nation of nations Nation of Nations • Encourages openness and open-mindedness • Demands tolerance • Forces self-examination • Requires compromise and problem-solving • Individual and community freedoms • More political power for smaller groups • Many races • Many languages • Many religions • Many outward displays of culture • Many inward cultural values • Many different world views DIVERSITY diversity How does impact U.S. culture?

  7. 15 Largest Ancestries in the US

  8. Why did people leave and come to “The new world” • Religious tolerance (Quakers, Puritans, Jews, Catholics) • Class structure/Inmobility • Wars • Displacement (Poland is a good example) • Famine (Irish Potato famine of the 1840’s) • Economic Opportunities • Indentured Servants/Slavery/Prisoners (State of Georgia) • Recruited for work (Miners, Steel Workers, Farmers)

  9. My story • Father’s Family • Great grandfather -came from Zvonetz, Ukraine in 1883 at age 16 • Escaped draft into the Russian Imperial army and charges of smuggling from the Austrian empire across the river. • Had an older brother who had come to Philadelphia earlier • Came to Philadelphia and became a clothes presser and then a farmer • Grandfather became a union clothing worker-my father a physician thanks to GI bill after WWII • Here I am a 3rd generation American and a diplomat

  10. And this is my family:My daughter Alisha was born in southern China in 1995 and she is of Han Chinese originMy son, Travis was born in Guatemala in 2003 and is pure MayanWe are all Americans, so we represent a modern Multiculture family

  11. Religious Self-Identity Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census

  12. Racial Identity • Non-Hispanic White: 68% (2050: 46%) • Hispanic: 15% (2050: 30%) • African American: 12% (2050: 15%) • Asian American: 5% (2050: 9%) Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census

  13. Can you name these holidays?

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  18. Language

  19. Food

  20. Arts

  21. Effects of culture • Language • Food • Architecture • Holidays • Belief systems • Education • The arts

  22. The Future of Multiculturalism: Immigration

  23. Salad? Soup? Stew!

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