Americans: A Multicultural Race

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The paper contrasts the views of those who classify Americans as individuals united by a common culture and those who classify them as members of distinct ethnic groups. The paper provides numerous citations for each viewpoint, and analyzes their differences. In conclusion, the writer warns that an overemphasis on differences between groups of Americans could threaten the bond of unity between people who are bound together as Americans.

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"The rise of the new concept of multiculturalism seems to be rooted in the civil rights movement, according to some, and was a necessary mindset in the black community for the establishment of ethnic pride and the encouragement of a "mentality of closing ranks." (Cornel West, Diverse New World, p. 49.) West faults multiculturalists for "...refusing to recognize the thoroughly hybrid culture of almost every culture we have ever discovered." He extrapolates that in embracing a radical view of multiculturalism, proponents are creating a "mirror image of the Eurocentric racism they condemn." (Op. cit., p. 48.)"

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