A melting pot is where those on the bottom get burned while the scum rises to the top.

[Metta]

Old Wobbly saying, as far as I know.

[Stellabella]

1. I've always said the scum rises to the top.

Cream rises to the top when milk is absolutely undisturbed. That's not the way the world is. The world is more like a boiling pot of soup.

Where the scum rises to the top.

[Metta]

2. You got that right.

Hi, Stellabella. Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Stellabella]

5. Thank you!

:toast:

[Metta]

6. smiling

:toast:

[elleng]

3. Grew up in Brooklyn,

where 'melting pot' is what we were and wanted to be; still do.

Visiting Florida now, I walk along beach nightly, and it looks and sounds like the melting pot I learned about.

[Metta]

7. I'm glad things came down right for you.

That's the way it should be.

[fascisthunter]

4. Seems to be a Good Analogy

and like most scum, it needs to be scooped from the surface and thrown into the trash.