AMERICA

 The United States is a virtually unique nation in the fact that it has assimilated peoples of all cultures and origins into one collective body, simply known as “Americans”.  Insteadof internal conflict, America has faced external threats, and even now it continues to do (e.g. War on Terrorism); it has not only triumphed but also prospered because of its multicultural nature; irrelevant but true, America is the superpower of the world. This prosperity could be because America has always been multicultural, ever since the beginning it has been “a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes…” (491, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., “The Cult of Ethnicity: Good and Bad”). In the United States, people “generally get along with each other” without any serious dissent except in matters of opinion, which cannot really be linked to culture or ethnicity.

This was a copy of last weeks post, now keeping this in mind please go on to assimilate for yourself the rest of the post and try to piece this huge puzzle together!!

In considering the uniqueness of American multiculturalism and the “melting pot” singularity, a very beneficial development can be discerned. The American people have become more sensitized and tolerant to all kind of cultures as a result of multiculturalism. This is very important, because in today’s world the traditional distinctions between nations such as border and barrier are becoming obsolete; all people are, in theory at least, considered part of a greater human identity- we are “Terran”. Thus, the sensitivity and tolerance that America has developed allows them to be true “world citizens”. “To become world citizens, persons… [must] transcend their own racial/ethnic, Gender, cultural, and socio-political reality and identify with mankind throughout the world, at all levels of human need” (7, Becoming World Citizens, Caleb Rosado, “What Makes A School Multicultural”).  In addition to the effect of allowing the integration of the US into the ideal of world citizenry, it also almost nullifies the possible occurrence of internal ethnic conflict. By multiculturalistic values, America is able to be part of a world becoming ever smaller and to avoid fighting for reasons, which have even ripped other nations apart (491, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., “The Cult of Ethnicity: Good and Bad”).