Originally Posted by
artemishunter1
what you are saying is selective reading of history. U.S. was not very diverse until aftermath of WWII, when U.S. needed labor. Prior to that, U.S.'s diversity consisted of WHITE europeans and blacks who had no culture of their own, might as well be white. And no Diversity did not make America great. Genuinely, examine what specific factors made America great, then you will see all of them are from White Eurocentric culture, not from Asian, Not African, Not Australian, Not from any other continent. Our laws are not based on African culture, or Asian culture, Or Australian culture. Our gov't is not based on cultures of any of these people. It is a phrase we use "diversity made our nation great", but does it actually mean European heritage made our nation great, when other cultures are not even included? Think about it, we don't have the caste system (so, its not indian), we have tribal cheifs (neither african or native americans), we allow women to work outside without permission from husbands (so neither arabic). So, honestly, where is the great diversity that made america great? Is it only Europeans you are talking about?
It should not matter. It is dangerous for Identity to matter, because it generalizes greatly. It divides the nation even more. It justifies bad policies based on identity forexample steralizing blacks due to high criminal stats, or arabs because they have low iq and highly dangerous or muslims because of terrorism and fundamentalism of mainstream Islam etc. When you generalzing groups to create coalition against the White citizens, why are you ignoring the bad parts of those groups?