Cultural Diversity Is Devisive

       Many Americans and people all over the world celebrate cultural diversity with the idea that it is the opposite of racism. In reality cultural diversity divides rather than unites. We are all human; therefore we should strive to reach an assimilated human culture for the world to share. This culture of humanity shouldn’t be based on religion, morality, race or blood but system of government common language. In this essay I’m going to discuss this idea in further detail starting with the consequences of celebrating a personal heritage.

      From the sixteen hundreds up to the eighteen hundreds black slaves existed all across America predominantly in the south. Most people might not think that cultural diversity and unfair discrimination go hand and hand but if you stop to think about why the slavery situation happened it can be traced backed to two reasons. The first is religion; the southern Baptists used the Old Testament to justify their cruel and inhuman treatment of the slaves. The second reason is pride in their European heritage, a blood heritage. Europeans in past times have viewed their culture superior to other world cultures and viewed members of non European dissent less than human. So should Europeans continue to celebrate their cultural diversity?

        In the 1930s and 40s the Nazi party was busy spreading ideas of a superior German culture, not surprisingly they began detaining Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill or any other group that their culture viewed as less than human. As you probably know the Nazis began using genocide as a means to celebrate their cultural diversity. Religion plays a role in this example as well. The Germans believed in a superior race of Aryans and that they should rule the world. Aryans are completely fictitious and based on a belief in a mythology. Should be celebrate their religious freedom as well?

       In the 1960s and 70s the Black Panther party was also busy celebrating its cultural diversity. Spreading black power rhetoric and using violent tactics to attempt a revolution is what they will be remembered for, but I think they should be remembered for something much simpler, a group that celebrated their cultures diversity.

  Now in our modern times we have Muslims celebrating their culture through suicide bombing, Jews trying to bring about the end of the world in Israel and Christians trying to impose Old Testament law on the people of the United States. These actions are all products of their religion which is directly related to culture.

  Now imagine a world where instead of cultural diversity, people celebrate cultural unity, all the worlds ethnic groups all promoting science and civilization as the real tool for progress and setting aside cultural diversity. “: we will be able to join at hands and sing free at last free at last” –Martin Luther king