I believe that the truth lies somewhere in between the two statements. When people
migrant to America, they more than often will keep their natural culture and heritage, and
are mixed with others in the nation. However, the nature of one’s own origins, may static
and non-malleable, though a heavy addition may be given. This addition is being an
American. I personally take great joy in speaking to those who are foreign to America.
The Pakistani, the Syrian, the Mexican, so many cultures, worldviews, and priorities. The
phrase I hear most often is, “ahh America, freedom to make something of myself”
Race and racism is a human thought, a human concept. Race is not even scientifically
evident, as there is one unit of human, that unit is Homo-Saipan. While many
indivuiduals walk into the Exxon Mobile, and have a prejudice, or pre-judging one. They
may do so for a variety of reasons, however if one, does such as I, and speaks to the
foreigner, they too will see just how proud the immigrant is to be in America. While their
English may not be Harvard material, I see one learning, and then teaching his brother
how to talk in English. When immigrants, who by nature spoke Arabic, and now by
choice, by learning, and becoming an American speak English all the time, they do so for
they are proud to be a part of America.
One must look at Emma Lazarus’s poem:
“ Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
That is the promise of America, the reason millions died, and millions more die every day
trying to get here. Some of America’s greatest minds have been immigrants. Ayn Rand, a
powerful philosopher in the 20th century, was herself in immigrant from communision.
Rand’s parents sold everything to get their daughter to America. She kept her sentiments
of her innate culture, was tossed into the wild web of liberty, and became a vibrant
element of America.
Racism has been and still is a problem, all the way around the board. When, I was in
prison, I was the only white person. I was called “cracker” and other names of the same
manner. Racism in not a black, Indian, or Arab element. It is an unfortunate fact of our
reality. We must not tend to rectify the past, rather trudge forward to a new future.
(Sandel) At the root of racism in America, lies “victimization” there by creating a large
collective. (Miller)
Obama was right when he said Christians need to “come off their high horse” we have
done some rotten things as well. Slavery included, by means of cherry picking and
decontextuualing biblical passages, to suit the need.
Despite the issues of race, and conflict, are we not alike in the fact we have an
opportunity. A nergo became president of the United States of America- That is
exceptional, that is moving forward. We must look at the beginning, so many people
refer to the federalist papers, however just a select few. If one would actually care enough
to read, read everything about the formation of this nation. Then, perhaps one could see
this was a vision, it was not perfect. It was, exceptional, it was man working together. The
result was not, perfect, merely exceptional. Jefferson himself, advocated for rewriting the
constitution every 19 years.
The sentiments of Jerimiah Wright- I echo. God will damn this nation, not for the sin, by
which we all have, rather for rejecting Him, for growing too big for our birches. I can do
all things through Christ, and nothing without, the same for a government. (Miller) We
must rise above the past, learn from our mistakes, reinvent equality, and smash the
victimization. The Charleston shooting, shows the power of Christ, not the power of
racism. (Ferguson Fire)
Americans are united. Regardless of who, what, when, where, why, and how of the events
occurring on September 11th 2001, I have never in my life seen UNITY, an exceptional
virtue. America once had that virtue every day, now 2977 people must die, for this to be
achieved.
Sources
Miller, Ron. “This is My Country." In SELLOUT: Musings from Uncle Tom's Porch,
edited by Anita Crane, 199–213. Maitland: Xulon Press, 2010.
http://legacyacademic.com/307/understanding-fergusons-fires/ accessed 07-02-17
http://cis.org/ImmigrationBible accessed 08-02-17
Sandel, M. J. (2009). Justice: what's the right thing to do? New York: Farrar, Straus
and Giroux.
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