Salad bowl

[Nancy Elliott]

I believe it was David Dinkins who said NYC was a "gorgeous mosaic."

> From: pskuhlman at JUNO.COM
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> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:35:00 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Salad bowl
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>> And a third metaphor is the "patchwork quilt," used by Jesse
>> Jackson
>> (though perhaps not coined by him?).  It's not culinary but is
>> quaintly
>> domestic, with the separate pieces idea.
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> I've also heard "mosaic" used this way in New York City.  Someone in the
> public arena (don't recall who) said that New York is not a melting pot,
> but a mosaic.
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> Patricia Kuhlman
> pskuhlman at juno.com
> Brooklyn, NY
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