Approaches to Manage Ethnic Diversity in the USA

Abstract

The United States of America is one of the most diverse nations in the world. This is a direct consequence of many centuries of continuous immigration. Successive waves of immigrants from all over the world have come to the United States since the 17th century from different national, cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. The reputation of the USA as an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and values freedoms has been one of the main motives that attracted immigrants from every corner in the planet to the USA. This thesis is an attempt to understand the way this vast ethnic diversity has been managed. It scrutinizes some of the most pertinent approaches and strategies deployed to manage the largely multicultural environment in the country and the paradigms and metaphors used to depict this diversity. Hence, historical reviewing and analysis are deployed to conduct the research which draws on a wide range of references and bibliographical sources.