Core Concept Checkpoint

The American society cannot be said as one race literally , because of the different minority groups composing it . These minority groups African-Americans , Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans , coming from different parts of the globe carry with them different cultures traditions and a wide array of perspectives that tend to create disparity and alienation among and between minority groups and the white majority . But the persistent inculcation of the utopian ideal that we are all human beings , one humankind , in our mindsets , would overshadow discrimination and hopefully would lead to understanding among the said

minority groups

This would give justice to John Kennedy 's observation how Alexis de Tocqueville saw the United States as "a society of immigrants , each of whom had begun life anew , on an equal footing . This was the secret of America : a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers (trinity .edu , 2006

America will always continue to evolve , and the biggest factor that will change its face is its diversified society owing to the different cultures and traditions but , with irony , these cultural differences compose America 's own single cultural history

With the continuing immigration (trinity .edu , 2006 ) the Census Bureau predicted that in the year 2050 minority groups would comprise one-half of the comprise roughly one-quarter of the population , blacks 15 , and Asians 8

It seems that what the country can do , in to survive , is to widen its understanding of its own society as to cross beyond the bs of cultural and racial differences

Reference

Race and Ethnicity , www . trinity .edu , 2006 [web page]

HYPERLINK "http /www .trinity .edu /mkearl /race .html http /www .trinity .edu /mkearl /race .html

Date Accessed : 15 December 2006...