文档介绍：byNinaLeeTheMeltingPotTheUnitedStatesisacountryofimmigrants,esfromeverycorneroftheworld:Europe,SouthAmerica,Africa,Asia,,Americansocietydoesnotrejectthesecultures,thendifferentculturesintheUSenvironmentwhichisopen,freedom,“meltingpot(大熔炉)”comesfromtheplayTheMeltingPot,byIsraelZangwill,whichissetinthesoutheasternpartofManhattan,whereagreatmanyimmigrantsfromEuropeannationsintheearly1900slearnedtolivetogetherforthefirsttime.“Themeltingpot”,-Jewishimmigrantfamily,(大屠杀),whichkilledhismotherandsister,"AmericanSymphony"andwantstolookforwardtoasocietyfreeofethnicdivisionsandhatred,ratherthanbackwardathistraumatic(psychologicallypainful)-PotwhereallracesofEuropearemeltingandre-forming…GermansandFrenchmen,IrishmenandEnglishmen,JewsandRussians——intotheMelting-Potwithyouall!GodismakingtheAmerican!——IsraelZangwill(美国是上帝的熔炉,在这个大熔炉中,欧洲各个种族得到冶炼和重铸……德国人和法国人,爱尔兰人和英国人,犹太人和俄罗斯人——都投到上帝的熔炉中吧!上帝在创造美国人!)meltingpotMulticulturalismRaceMeltingLanguageMeltingMichael·JordanAfricanblack&ScotlandwhiteObamaKenyanblack&AmericanwhiteMadonnaFrench&ItalianIreland&-bloodsintheearly20thcentury,edthisplaywereneitherJewishnorRussian,posedofWASPsWASPsrepresentedthecoreoftheanglophileswhostilldominatedamericanlifeastheyhadfromitsbeginningWASPsW:whiteAS:Anglo-SaxonP:ProtestantWhatwerethevaluesassociatedwithWASPs?P173thevaluesisrootedintheDeclarationofIndependence,byTomasJefferson,whichproclaimsthat"allmenarecreatedequal"andthattheyare"endowedbytheirCreatorwithcertaininalienable(不可剥夺的)Rights"including"Life,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness."