Grace's+Reflection+on+America's+diversity

America is one of the most diverse nations in the world. People travel to America from all corners of the globe in hopes of a better life. America represents a sort of Promised Land for these people. While our diversity is something that makes us unique, it seems it's hard for Americans to accept our diversity and put aside the racial mores that have been a part of us since the beginning. This is why I open up my page with a quote from De Tocqueville. He argues that although we are racially equal under the law, our racial mores will always affect how we act and approach our diverse nation. If we as nation ever come together all as loving, caring people, despite our differences, it won't be for some time. Diversity isn't struggling in America because of two races, but because we are a melting pot of cultures. People from all countries find America as a place of promise because of it freedoms such as the freedom of speech. Our freedoms plus our diversity inevitably results in conflict. We are a combination of millions of different perspectives and ideas that are constantly rubbing against each other. Generation to generation are life values are passed down, so what can turn the tide? The election of Barack Obama, although a crucial step in the right direction, does not change how so many Americans' characters are filled with hate and resentment towards other races. But it does give us hope, as cliche as it may sound. With an African-American as the President of a country who used to enslave and brutally murder his race, I can't help but feel an America on the verge of change. I feel this way not because of the posters of Obama's hopeful with the words"Yes We Can", but because our history has said something like this could never happen. And it has.