http://www.nationalreview.com/postmodern-conservative/392114/ralph-ellison-and-melting-pot-carl-eric-scott
People with different viewpoints (for example, older people versus younger people), would interpret this text very differently. The ideas posed in the text are particularly modern ways of thinking, and would be significantly altered from the ways “cultural literacy” might have been defined in the time of older American generations. The idea that cultural literacy today is being changed by the masses constantly and relies on the detailed knowledge of all different cultures, racial groups, and events (no matter how they reflect America) is a large change from the history books filled only with the stories of America’s positive impact on the world.