Kennedy And Quilden Analysis

Take a moment and think about your community, are there many diverse backgrounds intertwined? Or is there certain places where different people of different ethnicities congregate? In today’s American society, there tends to be a lot of separation with the many different races of people. Even though the immigrants may be present in this country, we are not intermixed as a whole. Kennedy and Quilden, two very intelligent authors with very contrasting viewpoints. United or divided, that is the true question. America as many may know, is a country bounded by the label of “the melting pot.” This title once described the country to a T. Over time, things have changed, the overall attitude of America has shifted. Now-a-days you would only think this from an outside perspective.” In the case of the African Americans has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life,” (Kennedy, 27). Kennedy believed that discrimination was one of the biggest flaws in the failure of the melting pot, and it is not only African Americans, but it is other races too. We may be called united, but are we really?
Not just on a field, or in an area, but between the people living next door to each other. From the beginning of our country we, as Americans, have believed we are the best. That we are superior to all other nations. How can this be true if we can’t even follow our own word stated in the Declaration of Independence? “All men are created equal… and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” (Kennedy, 27). Men and women all over America are still being treated in unjust ways. Why can’t we all own up to the title of our country, and be united just as we used to