Had this viewpoint when i was younger. Now, not so much. Homogenization is, by nature, a loss of culture by blending. America is fascinating because it *is* a melting pot of different cultures. However, I think that's a misnomer. The implication is that we're a cultural gumbo when, in fact, America was at it strongest historically when we were more like a bento box. "Separate But Equal", conceptually, hasn't truly been practiced in this country. The concept of having individual cultures, like states, working together to form a more perfect union, has pretty much been a practice on paper. I've always wondered how this country would look today if each group of people, ie, your Blacks, whites, asians, and Hispanics, were all given the same high quality education, the same opportunity to jobs, the same equal positive and negative images on television, then came together, as equals, in determining the fate of our nation.
Instead, the result of integration is a confusing mix of values and traditions, and a false sense of equality that divides people economically instead of by the color.
Anyway, just my random thoughts on an interesting subject.
). Just an interesting theory that possibly all these supposed prerequisites for someone to be 'authentically black' actually came from southern rednecks.
