Ethnic Diversity in USA : a Challenge of Integration and Assimilation in a Melting Pot

Abstract

This dissertation deals with ethnic and racial diversity in the United State of America this society is full of several ethnic groups with different histories, cultures, languages, religions and ways of life. This diversity made the United State of America a Melting Pot society which is a mixture of ethnic groups. .the study aims at focusing on United States as a diverse country in which we show that immigration was the main reason behind this diversity .Many immigrants from different ethnicities left their countries and motherlands heading towards the United States on account of many causes which prevented to stay there. However, they faced other problems and obstacles in the host country .The main results derived from this research are: first the different ethnic groups faced many impediments however they could came over them .Second these immigrants were assimilated and integrated in the United States society.