Multiculturalism
Our country was founded on the belief in freedom. This freedom was meant for everyone. When our country was founded, many different cultures existed on our land. We abused other cultures because we did not understand them. The United States today is much different. We are a melting pot of cultures. Although our country was founded predominately by Caucasian males, our country today is run by black, white, men and women of all sorts of different ethnic backgrounds. This is why our country can be run so effectively. We understand many different cultures simply because we live with them everyday. Some argue that we need to keep people from being able to come into our country because they are not Americans. However, Americans are not defined by common race or ethnicity, but defined as a set of people who believe they are free and want to have a say in their government. Since someone from any culture can be American, multiculturalism has not exceeded the purpose for which it was intended. In our constitution it states that "all men are created equal," our nation was built by more than one culture, and the intentions of the idea of multiculturalism are to make the world totally free of any type of bigotr
Some people feel that because of multiculturalism they can not display their nationality. They say they feel threatened by neighboring cultures or their communities. In some suburbs of Miami, Florida there have actually been court cases over whether a person should be able to hang an American flag in their own front yard if there is a high population of Haitians in the area. This feeling is eliminated by our constitution. Our first amendment states that people have the right to express themselves in anyway that suits them best. Our country will stand up against any foe who does not respect our culture because we surely protect as well as respect theirs. People are free to hang any flag that they want in our country and that is how multicultural we are. The intentions of the idea of multiculturalism are to make the world totally free of any type of bigotry or racism. If the world could become totally multi-cultural, there would be no war, famine, or poverty. Cultures would help each other out and respect each other's needs. The Middle East would integrate and this would help the world relations in the area drastically. The fighting that goes on today is usually because of a country's beliefs or property. A country's beliefs are based on its culture. If people continue to kill each other because of beliefs then culture
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