Unwelcome remainders, welcome reminders. (ethnicity within national identity)(Theory, Culture and Criticism)

From: MELUS | Date: June 22, 1994| Author: Neate, Wilson | Copyright information

The melting pot philosophy of the US is problematic in that the Other is accepted and assimilated without truly accounting for the multitude of ethnicities being imperfectly absorbed. As shown in the writings of ethic authors, assimilation is actually repression of the Otherness and so the differences are likely to resurface. The inclusion of everyone while excluding their ethnicities creates a national identity without a national community and such a community only exists in places, such as ...

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