Kenji Yoshino

I certainly can. So, yes, I actually see the allure of the melting pot ideal of the idea that we need sort of what the political scientist Robert Putnam calls bridging capital of these supervening identities that sort of bring us all together, like the identity of being an American.

I certainly can. So, yes, I actually see the allure of the melting pot ideal of the idea that we need sort of what the political scientist Robert Putnam calls bridging capital of these supervening identities that sort of bring us all together, like the identity of being an American.

I certainly can. So, yes, I actually see the allure of the melting pot ideal of the idea that we need sort of what the political scientist Robert Putnam calls bridging capital of these supervening identities that sort of bring us all together, like the identity of being an American.

Robert Putnam also talks about the importance of bonding capital, and he says if we melt totally into the pot, you know, that's a problem too. And part of the capital that we need to offer to society is the kind of capital we build only internal to communities.

Robert Putnam also talks about the importance of bonding capital, and he says if we melt totally into the pot, you know, that's a problem too. And part of the capital that we need to offer to society is the kind of capital we build only internal to communities.

Robert Putnam also talks about the importance of bonding capital, and he says if we melt totally into the pot, you know, that's a problem too. And part of the capital that we need to offer to society is the kind of capital we build only internal to communities.

So the LGBT community, for example, or the Asian American community, being a part of those communities actually enriches the whole rather than impoverishing it. So we can't be tilted over one wing in one direction or the other. So someone who bridges too much would say, why do you keep banging on about your identity? Like, you should just leave it behind.

So the LGBT community, for example, or the Asian American community, being a part of those communities actually enriches the whole rather than impoverishing it. So we can't be tilted over one wing in one direction or the other. So someone who bridges too much would say, why do you keep banging on about your identity? Like, you should just leave it behind.

So the LGBT community, for example, or the Asian American community, being a part of those communities actually enriches the whole rather than impoverishing it. So we can't be tilted over one wing in one direction or the other. So someone who bridges too much would say, why do you keep banging on about your identity? Like, you should just leave it behind.

The only identity that you have is this identity as American or this identity as a citizen of the world or as a human being or what have you.

The only identity that you have is this identity as American or this identity as a citizen of the world or as a human being or what have you.

The only identity that you have is this identity as American or this identity as a citizen of the world or as a human being or what have you.

And I believe that we have more in common than not as human beings, and it's really important to keep that steadily visible, but not at the expense of understanding all the differences that we also retain and this kind of sense that there are parts of us that rightly refuse to melt into the pot.

And I believe that we have more in common than not as human beings, and it's really important to keep that steadily visible, but not at the expense of understanding all the differences that we also retain and this kind of sense that there are parts of us that rightly refuse to melt into the pot.

And I believe that we have more in common than not as human beings, and it's really important to keep that steadily visible, but not at the expense of understanding all the differences that we also retain and this kind of sense that there are parts of us that rightly refuse to melt into the pot.

and that I belong to sub-communities within the United States that are different from this kind of generic idea of the American. And when you tell me to melt into the pot, that always means that the marginalized group is assimilating and conforming to the norms set by the dominant group.

and that I belong to sub-communities within the United States that are different from this kind of generic idea of the American. And when you tell me to melt into the pot, that always means that the marginalized group is assimilating and conforming to the norms set by the dominant group.

and that I belong to sub-communities within the United States that are different from this kind of generic idea of the American. And when you tell me to melt into the pot, that always means that the marginalized group is assimilating and conforming to the norms set by the dominant group.

So it has really an egalitarian effect to quickly or categorically say, let's all embrace the melting pot ideal, because some people are much more comfortable with that ideal because they've shaped that ideal than the others who are being told to melt into it.

So it has really an egalitarian effect to quickly or categorically say, let's all embrace the melting pot ideal, because some people are much more comfortable with that ideal because they've shaped that ideal than the others who are being told to melt into it.