History, Race, and America

The literature for this third entry into our blogs was a little disturbing. The first article spoke of History and what is being taught in the classroom. The main subject of this first article is to address the history of the United States and those that helped to found it or make it what it is today. The problem is that the United States of today is not that mch different from the United States of yesterday; we just have technology. The language of the article was in reference to minorities and wanting to have their history taught more explicitly. I don't personally see a problem with this because it is important to know one's history in order to embrace another's history. The author spoke as if this was a bad thing and that there should not be mention of history of non-whites, very disturbing. The second article spoke of a world where a book had been written and that it spoke of a world where whites were the minority and no longer had any power or authority. I don't think this is the direction that our nation is heading in. The article was grim and spoke of the Aryan Nation that wanted to eradicate non-whites in the Pacific Northwest, not the entire nation. A majority of Americans know about the Aryan Nation and how they operate and also aware that there bark is worse than their bite. The third article spoke on Multiculutarism and how it is wrong. I found that title to be something else within itself because to speak and say that Multiculturalism is wrong, is stupid. Like it or not, everyone in this country has ancestors that came from somewhere else, whether it is the continent of Africa, Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, etc., etc., etc. The United States is a multicultural center with differing types of people and to make a conceptulization between White, Black, Hispanic, Native American is just simply absurd; just my opinion.
I found all three articles to be interesting and informative but with a grim perspective and viewpoint.