Many people like to say that the United States is not a melting pot of cultures any more, rather it is a salad bowl. Sowell makes this claim in his article "Diversity's Downside". He further goes on to say that diversity is a bad thing. I strongly disagree with Mr. Sowell's claims on multiculturalism, that broad multiculturalism is bad. Diversity is what holds us together, it produces a certain wonder and respect for other people. Imagine a world with only one culture; for example imagine a world all like the US, no Far East to satisfy our fantasies and curiosities. It would indeed be a dismal and grim world if we were all like, talked the same way, only one language
In his article, Sowell states that "... until recent times, it was understood by all that they came here to become
Sowell's perception of diversity is not true wholly. Without diversity we would not be the same human race. It is not diversity or identity of groups that cause violence; it is human nature fueled by pride and contempt for other groups. The violence will continue until we learn to be tolerant. "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools."
I can say from personal experience that it is not cultural diversity that causes tension between people. In India the tension and violence is not caused by the diversity, religious ambition and political leaders cause it. Almost everything there is based on politics and the political parties are mostly religious and the ambitions of the leaders are followed mindlessly. Furthermore the religious groups have pride that
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