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 is true, i actually thought about that the other day... where the last civil war was between the south and the north such a lonnngg time ago, and every other threat was outside of the country. It sucks being a superpower but then again it has its advantages.
ReplyDeleteIt really does especially living in America. America's prosperity is because of all these different races being able to work together without having conflict over territory or color.
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