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The Pot and the Bowl

The Pot and the Bowl

Artdog Image(s) of Interest  We often hear that the United States is a great big melting pot, where immigrants come from all over and get assimilated, so that they can become Americans. As you can see from the style of the image above, this idea has been around for a while. This “melting pot” idea assumes the cultural differences will get melted right out, and we’ll all turn into generic Americans. Everybody will share the same cultural references, speak English,…

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We are America

We are America

I was sent a video on Facebook the other day that seems the very soul of my theme for this month. It’s part of the “Love has no Labels” campaign from the Ad Council. I thought I’d share it as a follow-up to my 4th of July post. There’s not a lot I can add to what John Cena says in the video, except to endorse the message wholeheartedly.  We can only be our best United States of America when…

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