Research Paper on:
Ethnic Groups in the United States

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interred Japanese-Americans in "interment" camps. So great was the fear of attack from Japan, U.S. citizens would support anything to get rid of the Japanese threat. World War II was  not the exception, however - during World War I, German-Americans were discriminated against as well. In the years following, however, to this day, there is more tolerance of and respect  for different minority and ethnic groups. Although there are still pockets in which neo-supremacists push for an all-white, all-Anglo United States, most citizens are of the "live and let live"  feeling toward those of different race and ethnic backgrounds. In this day and age, in many U.S. schools, Spanish is offered as a second language as a matter of rote,  and bi-lingual signs (written in Spanish, Korean and other languages) are more the norm rather than the exception. Cinco de Mayo, once a holiday celebrated only in Mexico and maybe  in the border states, can be found in many schools and neighborhoods throughout America. Kwaanza, once an obscure holiday during the Christmas season, is accepted as a holiday in its  own right. For the most part, all things being equal, people are embraced for the unique qualities of their race or ethnic background, while being respected for their talent or  views. Generally, the idea of ethnic or racial tolerance takes two approaches; in the one, acceptance consists of ignorance, of seeking either  to minimize or ignore differences between groups with the idea that "everyone is the same as everyone else" (Coexistence and Tolerance, 2002). This ideal, which was the ideal of the  United States through much of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, was considered the "melting pot," one by which immigrants came to America and shed their nationalities to become