It also makes note of the fact that the census of 2000 marked the first time that it was possible for a respondent to choose more than one race. This article is particularly interesting as it speculates on a future when it is no longer possible to separate people into minorities on the basis of race, simply because of cross culturalism.
San Juan, E. "Asian-American melting pot" Asia Times. June 14, 2005. This short article states there is an automatic prejudice against Asians within the United States, laughing at the idea of any kind of homogeneity of the Asian-Americans and referring to both near and far history in which Asians have been discriminated against in the United States. The author deals with the stereotype of Asians as the "model minority" and decries the change of something once considered to be exotic into a "plain American pie" the author is strong in his opinions but gives and interesting historical perspective to the idea that Asians in America will never fully be able to integrate nor should they want to.
Wooster, Martin Morse. "Multiculturalism damages liberalism" American Enterprise Jan-Feb 2002. This brief article brings forth the idea that multiculturalism is actually an attempt to change what is at the heart of American democratic processes and undermines the fabric of the United States in that we allow dominance of factions and the governmental enforcement of group relations. It is a brief but scary look at the "other side."
O'Sullivan, John. "Nationhood: an American activity" National Review Feb 21, 1994. This article sits at cross purposes to the previous one, stating that only with the emergence and continuation of multiculturalism can the United States continue to evolve as a democracy. It puts forward the idea that the stronger a sense of nationhood, the more people feel like brothers and one another, and that this will be the ultimate end to multiculturist policies. It also gives a nice history of ethnically diverse, and monoethnic societies, and what happens in them both.
Salins, Peter D. "Assimilation, American Style." Reason Feb 1997. This article investigates the idea that, multiculturalist or not, many American believe that in order for immigrants to assimilate...
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