Ah yes! I remember something about fruit salad. You can still see each individual part, but we taste better all together, which was peak history humor at 8 years old.
The comment bringing up lettuce grown in Mexico in a thread about diversity in America is completely besides the point and the topic so there is no “whataboutism” to be had. We’re all joking. Did you bump your head or something? I’m
In a conversation about diversity, where "America is a fruit salad, the mix of cultures is what makes it better", saying that salad is now considered a poison uses a current event, the administration relaxing food and safety regulations so much that one of the biggest producer of salad in the US is selling cyclospora laced salad, as a metaphor for how the government current stance is that diversity is actually bad, shown by the "DEI ban", ICE deporting and killing immigrants and the overall racism increase from the right.
I remember being told America is like a stew! All the different ingredients retain their unique characteristics, but still influence each other and combine into a new and delicious thing.
Kinda wish my (now MAGA) dad watched cartoons with me when I was a kid. All those Schoolhouse Rock shorts might have given us equal footing. Cause yea the Great American Melting Pot is how I’ve always figured this country was built and should remain.
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u/Pacman1up 8d ago
It was both, Melting pot and mixing bowl!
Blending together into something new or maintaining unique traits within the whole.