The determination of minority groups to forge a stronger cultural identity challenges the idea of the "melting pot" and becomes a threat to the idea of America for some citizens. Historian Gary Gerstle compares two very different Italian filmmakers: Frank Capra who was reluctant to represent his Italian story on screen and Francis Ford Coppola who overtly displays ethnic customs and ties in The Godfather.

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comparison of modern to 19th century immigrants, assimilation vs. maintaining cultural identity, melting pot, diversity, threat or enrichment, debate over bilingual education, Capra, Frank, Coppola, Francis Ford, comparison of Capra and Coppola, Social Protests of the 1960s and 1970s

America in the 20th Century, American History, American Studies, Ethnicity and Race Relations, Unfinished Nation, The

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