"The pot is no longer empty, and it's spilling over at the brim."

So reading the newspaper this morning, I came across an article stating that whites have 20 times the wealth of blacks and 18 times that of hispanics. But I really don't care about that, even being Cuban myself. It's the thought this spurred that's more important.

So America is supposed to be this great melting pot of cultures. Which it was. But I don't think America is anymore. Now there is a distinct American culture and race, most defined by the stereotypical white American. They may be Italian, Spanish, Irish, German, whatever, but they all seem pretty much the same now, a white American. And now the incoming immigrants, and no not just Mexicans, are non-Americans. See where I'm going with this? We have an established culture now. And Americans are not assimilating others very well. The pot is no longer empty, and it's spilling over at the brim. We are a young country, and before people of different cultures would come and the primary culture was not established. America was only a melting pot in its youth, but not so much any longer. It can't be. Throw in another culture and there may be a slight change, but the stew in the pot remains pretty much the same.

More to come on the possible effect of this... After I mull it over some more.