Has the great American experiment in diversity ended in failure? That’s the impression you might get from an array of recent developments — Black Lives Matter protests, anti-Muslim sentiment, resentment of undocumented immigrants and, last but not least, Donald Trump. We seem to be loudly fracturing and separating, not coming together. We’re all pluribus and no unum.
Trump’s embracing of the alt-right movement, which was condemned at length by Hillary Clinton in a recent speech, highlights our apparent racial and religious polarization. His new campaign CEO is also head of Breitbart News, which regularly fans white fears and denounces “multiculturalism.”
It’s clear from Trump’s capture of the Republican nomination that many whites regard demographic diversity as an evil, not a blessing. When he vows to “make America great again,” he harks back to a time when the country was more homogeneous. But, as Steve Chapman explains, most Americans have come to embrace the inclusion of every race, ethnicity and religion in our society.
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