A Post-Racial America

We have come a long way since the dawning of America. A country founded upon and perpetuated by a system of bigotry and exploitation of many less technological advanced countries has transformed into what it is today in merely four or five generations. Now by no means do I intend on glorifying America, we still live under a transparant sheet of racial tension. People are still discriminated on based on their color and customs, and resources are still unfairly allocated across all races, but things have improved vastly from America's inception. Especially when you incorporate our near 250 year existance in terms of World history. This notion leads to me think about the idea of a post-racial America. Will America eventually become the "melting pot" that was originally intended? If inter-racial breeding becomes a social norm (which it basically already is), will all our colors mix together, to gray? Are we heading towards a nation of singular language, singular custom, singular religion, singular everything? Or is this totally farfetched? I personally don't believe it is. Like I stated above, 250 years is a very short period of time in terms of how long humans have been around. If we keep progressing in such a radical fashion, I see this as an eminent possibility. Either that or the apocalypse...Something's gotta change. -Samuel Roux, Week 11 Post 1