This refrain common to the most well-meaning teachers and friends has come under a lot of scrutiny in the past decade. The melting pot mentality of diversity in the United States that some of us learned about when we were younger was upgraded to a multiethnic salad when I was in elementary school. As opposed to the U.S. being a place where different flavors came together to become a dish that tasted great but whose individual flavors were forgotten, adulterated, changed and transformed into a homogenous soup, a “salad” mentality was born. Each ingredient retained its flavor, each hue and flavor was distinguishable and the benefits of a colorful plate were no longer relegated to metaphor. The more we mix, the better we feel, we eat colors at every meal.