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**realfan87** · 06-13-2012, 12:17 AM

Before the the immigration reforms of the 1960's. The US used to have an Anglo derived identity with non English immigrants Anglicizing thier last names to fit in WASP culture and assimilate to mainstream American culture as part of a melting pot theory. AAs during this period lived in a seperate society from mainstream American culture and formed thier own communities.

After the immigration reform of 1964, the US has become a hyphenated Salad Bowl without a collective idenity. Will there ever be a unifying American identity like it used to be?

06-13-2012, 12:17 AM	#1
realfan87 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 629 Senior Member	(USA) Is there an American idenity? Before the the immigration reforms of the 1960's. The US used to have an Anglo derived identity with non English immigrants Anglicizing thier last names to fit in WASP culture and assimilate to mainstream American culture as part of a melting pot theory. AAs during this period lived in a seperate society from mainstream American culture and formed thier own communities. After the immigration reform of 1964, the US has become a hyphenated Salad Bowl without a collective idenity. Will there ever be a unifying American identity like it used to be?
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