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most of the reading selections in this chapter deal with American life as seen from the perspective of people who are outside the mainstream. How have these readings changed your view of what life in America is like for minorities ? choose a few of the readings to use as examples , and include short summaries of important points from them as part of your own paper?

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Most of the reading selections in this chapter deal with American life as seen from the 
perspective of people who are outside the mainstream. How have these readings changed 
your view of what life in America is like for minorities ? choose a few of the readings to use 
as examples , and include short summaries of important points from them as part of your own 
paper?
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The classical view of America is one that is relatively homogenous, a one-sided 
history of white settlers coming and founding a new land, and in doing so setting the stage for 
everything that followed. In the reverence towards the founding fathers, and the puritans, that 
formed the foundation of modern American history, these articles have shown me that a 
disservice is being done both to America as a nation and to the idea of America. The problem 
is that the metaphor of the melting pot, and identification as an American, regardless of origin 
or location, actually glosses over the differences between us that give America its strength. 
America is a place born of minorities, composed of migrations that began well before 
Columbus,

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