When have you heard the term "Melting Pot" last?
How about almost never; Maybe I heard it taught in grammar school. It is a good idea for a country. Let's create a national unity and leave ample space for maintaining pride in ethnic and historical pride and traditions.
The existential fostering of divide & conquer that Americans live under is a road to losing the country.
When I was introduced and trained in the military as an eighteen-year-old kid with a 'New Yorker' mentality, I was exposed to young men who spoke and looked and acted so differently than what I knew, that it was an extreme 'wake-up call' to a wider view of the USA and who lived here. It was a very positive experience for me, a merging into one body from disparate parts of the country.
National service of some sort, two years of uniting young adults would certainly benefit the spirit and unity of the country.
I would include a basic school introducing basic American values in line with Civics, the Constitution, and require the training in some specific subject area: metalwork, first aid, hospitality, welding, electronics, power tools, heavy machinery, something specific, so that a young person can begin with: "I'm a cell phone technician; I'm a carpenter; I'm a lighting specialist; I'm a paramedic; I'm SOMETHING.
A beginning, a first step for young people with no clue as to what direction their lives will take.
It's important.
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