America has been widely known as a melting pot for many generations. The country earned its title by accepting immigrants from various cultures and molding them, or blending them, into the American way of life. However, the “melting pot” idea of ​​America is starting to dissipate. According to a Newsweek survey of the public, “only 20% still think America is a melting pot” (Morganthau and Wolfberg, para. 4). As more and more Americans push away immigrants and create stereotypes against said immigrants, America continues to lose its title as a “melting pot.” There is ethnic friction in America and people have begun to have difficulty assimilating (Morganthau and Wolfberg, par.18). .America is starting to have a negative view of its own culture. Authors Jack Shaheen, Richard Rodriguez, Peter Marin, and Zora Neale Hurtson all shape American culture in harmful ways. Jack Shaheen's essay “The Image of Arabs in the Media” explains how the media has created false images of Arabs. The media continues to maintain stereotypes about Arabs. Most Arab characters shown on television are rarely shown as victims or ordinary people (Shaheen 85). If America were a melting pot, it would showcase diversity in a positive way. There would be greater acceptance of Middle Eastern immigrants and their descendants. Likewise, Americans would be more open to accepting all cultures that populate America. Like a melting pot, America's many cultures, races, and individuals should blend together as a whole (Merriam-Webster). However, America today is not mixed. Americans as a group are not a whole, but are made up of diverse groups separated by invisible boundaries. In order for America to be the “melting pot” it is said to be, America… is the medium of paper… ican immigrants. He has published many works including Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, a collection of autobiographical essays. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his master's degree from Columbia University. Shaheen, Jack. “The image of Arabs given by the media”. Writing on the river. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw, 2012. 85-87. Print.Jack Shaheen received his PhD from the University of Missouri. He has been a professor at several universities, a television reporter and a radio announcer. Some of his works include The TV Arab and Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Denigrates a People. Stubblefield, Anna. “Racial Identity and Nonessentialism About Race.” Wilson OmniFile FullText Mega Edition. HW Wilson, and Web. November 24, 2013. Anna Stubblefield has a very clear view on race and labeling. He wrote “Ethics along the color line.”