United States of America

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American Culture a melting pot or a salad bowl?
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Melting Pot or Ethnic Stew

• The term melting pot refers to the idea that
  societies formed by immigrant cultures,
  religions, end ethnic groups, will produce new
  hybrid social and cultural forms. The notion
  comes from the pot in which metals are melted at
  great heat, melding together into new compound,
  with great strength and other combined
  advantages. In comparison with assimilation, it
  implies the ability of new or subordinate groups
  to affect the values of the dominant group.
  Sometimes it is referred to as amalgamation, in
  the opposition to both assimilation and
  pluralism.
• The concept of ethnic stew is similar to that of
  melting pot, though the degree of cultural
  distinctiveness is higher in the former, however
  not reaching the level of the salad bowl thesis
  (different groups keep their differences, while
  maintaining relations among each other)..

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Why melting POT?
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The ruling president of the USA Barack Hussein
Obama
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General information

• In the USA there are roughly 308 745 538
  citizens,
• The capital is Washington, DC.
• Administrative languages include American
  English, Spanish, Dakota, Hawaiian
• Independence from Great Britain on the 4th July
  1776 (officially 1783)

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A quick peek through history.

• -around 1000, temporary settlement of some
  Vikings in the America.
• -1492 America was officially discovered by
  Christpher Columbus
• -1565 St. Augustine - the oldest American
  settlement is established by the Spanish
• -1775-1783 Wars for Independence
• -1787 ratifing the Contitution
• -1861-1865 Civil War in the USA (for
  Afro-American rights)
• -1917-1918 the USA taking part in World War the
  1st
• -1941-1945 the USA taking part in World War the
  2nd
• -2008 financial crisis started in America, the
  first afro-american politician to be elected as
  the ruling president of the USA

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The Statue of Liberty

• The Statue of Liberty built around 1884-1886.
  It is situated on the Liberty Island in New York,
  near the river Hudson flow. It is a symbol of
  liberty for the USA as well as NY and rest of the
  Americas. Built by the French for the immigrants
  settling in the USA.

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Specifics

• -Height 46,5 m
• -Height with the risen arm 93 m
• -Weight 229 tonnes
• -Width 11 m
• -It is made from steel and copper, inside there
  are two rows of spiral stairs leading to highest
  view point at the lantern.

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A Korean diner, Taiwan dentist, cuisine from
deep Asia and a pedicurist from Vietnam need
you more examples?
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Spot one Japanese, one Korean, 100 Afro-americans
and 12 Frenchmen
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This is what happens when you get a Statue of
your own
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Or maybe a salad bowl?

• The Chinese were the first official immigrant
  group in the USA.
• The first major documentation of the Chinese
  immigrants started in the XVIII century.
• The Chinese account for the biggest asian
  minority in the USA.

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• Other minorities include
• -The Japanese,
• -The Poles,
• -the French,
• -The Ukrainian,
• -The Austrian,
• -The Slovakian,
• -Afro-americans from various countries.

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Chinatown info

• Status district
• Space 2,3 km²
• People  ab. 29 thousand.
• Postal code 90012

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The official entrance to Chinatown
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Jackowo

• - Size 5,18 km2
• - People ab. 43 083
• Annual income
• 36 677

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• General Kazimierz Pulaski

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• Tadeusz Kosciuszko

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Do these faces look happy? Fullfilled?
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Other symbols of the immigrants retaining their
heritage
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Polish parishes in the USA.

• St. Stanislaus Kostka607 Humboldt Str,
  Brooklyn, NY 11222tel [phone], Rector - f.
  Rafal KopystynskiThe Vikar - f. Edmund Gutowski

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• St. Frances De Chantal12-73 58th Str, Brooklyn,
  NY 11219tel [phone], Rector - f. Andrzej
  KurowskiVikar - f. Piotr Karaszewski

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• Our Lady of Ostra Brama3000 Depot Ln,
  Cutchogue, NY 11935tel [phone],Rector -
  f. Wladyslaw Rudnicki

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• Saint Matthias Church58-15 Catalpa
  AvenueRidgewood, NY 11385tel
  718-821-6447,Rector - f. Edward B.
  ScharfenbergerVikar - f. Lukasz Trocha, f.
  Andrzej Salwowski

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• Our Lady of Poland35 Maple StreetSouthampton,
  NY 11968tel [phone]Rector - f. Stanislaw
  Kondeja

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Universities in the USA
Universities in the USA serve as a linking device
for all immigrants who come to the States. Their
main task is to find specific faculties for any
individual. Many immigrants come to the USA for
the sole purpouse of studying opportunities and
therefore better life conditions. It goes without
saying that those places accumulate different
cultures as well as try to retain the general
spirit of the country.
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Harvard University, Cambridge
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Yale University, New Haven.
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University of California, Berkeley.
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Cornell University, Ithaca.
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Stanford University, Stanford.
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So. which is it?
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A few specks of laughter for the aftertouch.
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