Social Issues

Running Head : SOCIAL ISSUES The Concept of Salad Bowl

The concept of salad bowl refers to the combination of different cultures living together in United States like a salad is composed of different vegetables and fruits . The salad bowl model explains different American cultures living together but they do not dissolve to become a homogenous culture as different ingredients of salad are placed in a bowl . Each culture keeps its own distinct qualities , and this idea proposes a society of many individual "pure " cultures , and the term has become more politically correct

than melting pot , since the latter suggests that ethnic groups may be unable to preserve their cultures (Patchen , 1998

Elderly in US today

As a portion of population is getting older , now it has become a rule not respecting senior citizens or elderly people . America is a mobile changeable , youth-oriented culture . The extended family that exists in many other countries is rare in the United States . Older Americans are often considered a burden rather than a valuable resource . Elderly people are also affected by the problems in the American health care institutions and systems . Factors such as financial problems and general public attitudes have made living a challenge for elderly persons . Older Americans (Senior Citizens ) have been steadily increasing their rights through political action despite the entrenched American orientation toward youth and apparently the trend will continue as the nation ages (Donaldson , 2006 .Older American population constitutes 13 percent of the population but account for nearly 20 percent...