While America has always been a country that preached unity, being referred to as a "melting pot" and known for its cultural and racial diversity, the American experience has eternally been one of isolation and discrimination. Since its primitive beginnings until present day, Americans have been segregated by race, as well as by the distinct classes that have formed due to regional separation. These severances have led to feelings of resentment amongst fellow Americans, which are expressed beautifully in the poem I Too, by Langston Hughes and the essay, What Is an American by Michael-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur.
De Crevecoeur paints a blatant picture of the regionaliza
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