Many saw the answer in a melting pot concept, but their tastes favored a stew characterized by meat and potatoes, mildly flavored with a little salt and almost no pepper. Rice, yams, and maize were excluded from the recipe, and the rice, yam, or maize eaters were allowed at the table only to serve.

- The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

Best description of the “melting pot” ever.

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