None of the common metaphors for what a thriving, diverse society might look like work well.
Melting pot: Too much emphasis on cultural homogeneity.
Salad bowl: Too much emphasis on cultural separatism.*
Do you have a better idea for how to talk about this?
Melting pot: Too much emphasis on cultural homogeneity.
Salad bowl: Too much emphasis on cultural separatism.*
Do you have a better idea for how to talk about this?
* The metaphor of the salad bowl is also way less inclusive than its advocates seem to think.
A good salad needs a chef who makes choices and makes dressing. Or do you want to eat a dry salad that's 90% croutons?
(Same problem goes for "mosaic.")
A good salad needs a chef who makes choices and makes dressing. Or do you want to eat a dry salad that's 90% croutons?
(Same problem goes for "mosaic.")
Agree with everyone that the right answer is likely *not* to be a food metaphor. (The fact that academics all resort to food metaphors has long been fascinating to me.)
But what's better?
But what's better?
Many excellent responses, thanks!
I think the metaphors that work describe spaces or platforms that can host different groups of people with different goals.
A buffet, not a specific dish. A music festival, not a specific orchestra. A coral reef. Or, simply, a public park.
I think the metaphors that work describe spaces or platforms that can host different groups of people with different goals.
A buffet, not a specific dish. A music festival, not a specific orchestra. A coral reef. Or, simply, a public park.
(Also, I nearly wrote choral reef, and now I'm picturing a formally dressed choir singing its hearts out while awkwardly perched on a coral reef. 🤣)
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