#SAYTHEIRNAME SERIES: PART ONE

Photo Source: Is America a Melting Pot or a Mixing Bowl? — History of USA #2

The United States of America’s history of exclusion, erasure, and invisibility is so normalized that we even refer to America’s reputation as one of the most diverse countries in the world as a “melting pot.” However, this language, often taught in schools and in other academic spaces is inherently exclusionary.

Let’s really digest the word melt. Melting is a process, in which, when applied to heat transforms…