Our melting pot (#1549)

In our history books we learn that we Americans assimilated together here in America from all corners of the world to form our current formidable society. That 500 years ago our planet was mostly populated with intolerant cultures that segregated from each other due to nationality, ethnicity and cultural mores, is due in large part to the discovery of the Americas and the enlightened governmental structure we had formed for us through our forefathers/mothers. The constituting of our American experiment has allowed for all the Earth's cultures to blend together in a way that had not been reasonably allowed heretofore. We here in America were/are the beginning of the convergence of our human species from separate antagonistic societies to a more inclusive diverse one. Our country has been the staging ground for the maturation of the idea that all humans are of a single individual right to exist and that as humans we are all generally gifted with the same intriguing talents that make us worthy of enlightened thinking. Our cultures may vary to some degree but within our system of civilized behavior and laws we come to realize the value we each possess as members of the human species. We are not just members of our faiths, cultures or other alternative reasonings that group us apart from each other, we are more importantly Americans who are tied together through life and the web of connections that entails. We are not less human than any other human. What we have done here in America is expose the fact that we are the same in most ways and it isn't just about our differences. Our magical melting pot here in America is proof that this one world is inhabited by humans who are all worthy of respect and the dignity to live together without differentiation through fear and misunderstanding.