“America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.” America is greatly influenced by countless cultures and the cultural diversity has benefited the economy with new ideas and lifestyles. The different races, ethnicity, and lifestyles that people in America have, is what makes America so special and unique. While some people believe that new people coming into American should behave as Americans do, it can be argued that the USA is moving towards a new standard in which diversity and individuality are encouraged more because of how essential cultural diversity is and the opportunities it provides.
Our country, schools, and jobs all consist of various cultures. Cultural diversity opens a window of opportunities and people are given these opportunities constantly without realizing. One of these opportunities is learning from each other by the different lifestyles people have. According to source 3, “In some American cities one can cast a ballot printed in several languages. Such a document implies that a person can exercise that most public of rights-including the right to vote- while still keeping
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America’s culture was formed even before America even became a country. Immigrants brought their lifestyle and traditions into America such as Hispanics, British, Asians, Japanese, and Italians. Also, the wide range of food in America shows how cultured America really is. The quote,” America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth,” goes to show that every part of that makes up American is different. According to source 2, “What it means to be American in spirit in blood-is something far more borrowed and comingled than anything previous generations ever knew…” Today, the cultures are not categorized as one, but it is American culture. It can’t be described as just white, or black because it’s a combination of cultures that make up