Perhaps the "crucible" myth gained power during the Industrial Revolution. As millions of immigrants enter the United States, American culture is changing. Americans set high standards for society and hope that everyone will be accepted. Society needs to live in a civil society that creates "American dreams" together, which will lead to prosperity. Many immigrants who moved to the United States brought various cultural traditions, but after moving, they held down this belief and opened up a new "American way of thinking". The rituals and traditions of these societies should bring diversity to the culture of this country.
I think that we are watching the last breath of the myth of the crucible in America. When I grew up, we were taught to believe in assimilation: if all Americans look different, then it will eventually make a noise. This is an estimate of the public (I believe that we are witnessing the end of the mass media business model in the pain of publishing and broadcasting in the Internet age and witnessing the end of the mass concept). When most people look like you, the rules of most people look good; the armed forces of trumps worry that they will soon be a minority
This article follows the development of the American "crucible" story. This is the subject of important academic criticism, but this story is still a central myth and symbol of the American national identity. Discussion in Congress shows that it is useful to justify immigration policy and popular discourse often quotes the symbolism of the furnace. The furnace description also resonates with the masses as it also includes US immigration experience and public unity. The article also emphasizes that this myth is built almost entirely around culture, ignoring the larger structural differences between ethnic groups.
A permanent myth about American culture is the mystery that America became the "crucible" of the world. The author revealed the mystery of this myth and corrected the wrong image with a series of certain facts that span the history of the country. Therefore, the reader will leave this book to Americans who are tolerant of their immigrants in various ways. Indeed, American social experiments in cultural pluralism and multiculturalism may be close to the apex of other parts of the world. However, if you use the other parts as an indicator, you can set the success criteria as low as possible. What is America's unique approach to cultural diversity? More importantly (though often forgotten) is not the emergence of abstract cultural pluralism, but its importance is on the ground.