Eth 125 - Final Project

Final Project

John Padgett

ETH/125

January 20, 2013

Christina Mazzella

Final Project

The United States has so many different types of people and so many diverse cultures living in the country. I have seen so many different races of people recently and their cultures that have tried to blend in with the American culture while maintaining their own self identities and way of life. The people of the United States have seemed to always be tolerant of different races and cultures that come to America, and try to a part of the American dream. The problem now is that the Americans seem to have become a minority and we are once again fighting to keep our traditions and culture in tact as these different peoples live in our country and share our way of life. It has been difficult for me in general to remain at ease with all this diversity and embrace these differences and accept what has happened in our country. I’m am trying to learn to not look at how different we are from each other and enjoy all the different things we can share with one another. While growing up I was one sided and only saw the negative things that can come from so much diversity, and now I’m learning that I and people in general should learn to accept these other cultures and learn from them as they can learn from us.

The one thing that has really caught my attention was how the American Indians were treated and how the United States pretty much committed genocide against these people and their way of life. We came to their land and wanted to become a part of this country, it was theirs, they lived here and accepted us, even helped us when we first got here. The first Americans got greedy and stole the land from them. The American government decided that they didn’t want to share this vast land and stole the land from them. We created laws and wars that forced them off their land. I learned a great deal from what we did to the Native Americans and how greed and power can destroy a civilization. I’ve learned that my own cultural history is much different than I ever imagined. I’m very glad that our country is nothing like it was years ago when dealing with other cultures and I hope we will only continue to be much more tolerant of other people and their cultural differences.

By the year 2050 the population of the United States will have a huge melting pot of diverse races, cultures and ethnicities that will make up the vast population. I feel their will probably close to one billion people in the United States and the United States