I think that definition of salad bowl was what I thought melting pot meant. I wonder if it had a different meaning in Australia to the US? Will investigate later today….

The alternate concept of melting pot is the salad bowl concept, where all these fantastic ingredients come together to create something delicious, but where you can still distinguish the different ingredients. So we’re all tossed together and it’s all good, but you can still celebrate the differences and appreciate what each “ingredient” brings to the whole. I get why the melting pot concept was coined, but I don’t think it’s as good a metaphor as a salad bowl. We’re on the same page philosophically in the end.