Yuh Ji Yeons

Yuh Ji-Yeon

Looking at America from a broader multicultural perspective is more realistic . Truly , America is a melting pot of a lot of different cultures . America does not belong only to the fair-skinned caucasians Reality is that yellow , brown , red , and black Americans live on the same plains as the whites . Yuh Ji-Yeon puts it this way , America is a multicultural nation , composed of many people with varying histories and varying traditions who have little in common except their humanity , a belief in democracy and a desire for freedom (518 . This is

the honest truth . Looking at our country from this perspective , which is an honest one , helps us deal with our issues in a more realistic and honest way We can therefore address these issues more easily and we can formulate better solutions all because we started on an honest premise . This is the benefit which we get from assimilating this point of perspection

Once we realize that America does not belong only to the whites but also to a multitudes of other cultures , we start to see things differently . We learn to live life in harmony with them and accept them as brothers . Yuh Ji-Yeon submits , downplaying ethnicity will not bolster national unity (519 . When we were taught that America is predominantly white , in our subconscious we were developing the idea that what is not white is not American . This is where our racial prejudice starts . Viewing America as a multicultural country at the outset , nips our discriminatory tendencies at the bud . Once we get rid of our prejudices , life here in this country will be more peaceful . This is the second benefit

Once we learn to live in this country as one people regardless of ethnic origin , we will have peace and harmony as far as racial discrimination is concerned since we can learn to work hand in hand with each other . We will be foregoing our biases when we look at others . We will be seeing people not color . We will be judging them by their individual personalities and not by their skin color . This will level the playing field of opportunities for every citizen . And it is only then that we can say that America is a country which holds equality for all

And there is nothing better than a heart that is at peace . When it is easy to live with each other , we have peace of minds and hearts . And once we have done this , we could show the world that a peace and unity which transcends skin color and ethnic origin can exist in this world That then , we could be its example

The first thing to do in to understand the subcultures in this country better is to erase traces of prejudice in the mind . Simply adopt the idea that America is not white . Accept that all citizens are Americans even if all are not white . If this is hard , just remember that the first people who settled in this...