Compare and contrast the terms "Anglo-conformity," "melting pot," "separatism," and "pluralism." Explain how these concepts are evident in today's society

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Suggested Response: Examples will be different, however examples have been provided for each.
• Anglo conformity views the values, norms and standards of the United States as an extension of English culture and sees Anglo's as the dominant culture. This is evident when viewing models, magazines, commercials, and television programs where the white male of female is viewed as the ideal person to be.
• The melting pot metaphor is the belief that immigrants can come to the United States and blend into the culture to develop a newly distinct American identity. An example of this is when immigrants mix together the fashion of their homeland with the fashions of the U.S. such as Muslim women wearing a hijab with American jeans and tee shirts.
• Separatists believe in the notion of establishing entirely separate societies for each distinct racial, ethnic, or other groups and tolerating each other when they meet in order to live in peace. Often within large cities ethnic groups will live together and establish separate communities such as Little Italy and China town in the New York City area, and in rural areas groups like the Amish have maintained their distinct culture.
• Pluralism is the equal coexistence of diverse cultures in a mutually supportive relationship within the boundaries of one nation. I believe that on most college campuses people from many cultures and nationalities peacefully coexist.