A watched melting pot never boils

Reading Grossberg's essay "Youth and American Identity” reminded me of something my Sociology professor said the other day about how the baby-boomer generation is expected to be the last generation to surpass the previous generation’s success in terms of education, wealth and standard of living for awhile. I think Grossberg drove this point home to me indirectly by bringing light to this current generation’s lack of identity. I found Gordon’s article, “More than Just a Shrine” to be a pretty well written historical perspective piece on immigration to the US through Ellis Island.