Rochard

Most of us in the United States have this image of Americans being "white". We see this constantly - in TV, the movies, commercials, etc... But this is no longer the reality.

I grew up in an area of NJ that was so white it was called German Town before World War II. We didn't have African Americans or Hispanic; The only cultural diversity we had was the three Italian families who all lived next to each other. We did have one African American in high school, but he was such an oddity that he was completely accepted. (He introduced us to the Sugar Hill Gang.) I never spoke to an African American or Hispanic until I found myself in boot camp at Paris Island and thankfully so - the Marine Corps accepts all Marines as the same. (In fact, in the Marines we were all "green" although sometimes African Americans were called "Dark Green".) There is not a racist bone in my body because when I was introduced to other races it was during Marine Corps boot camp, there was very little talking between us, and all of us were considered brothers of one large family.

I live in California now since 1989, and I've seen a huge change in our society here. The diversity on my street alone is amazing. The family next door to me is white husband with a Hispanic wife; on the other side they are from Columbia (and his two daughters just signed up to the US Army). Across the street we have a Muslim family I've never spoken to, a family from Egypt (he is a highway patrol officer), and then an Asian family. Further on down the street is a white white family, then a blended family with a portuguese wife and a white husband.

This is American society now. It's a little bit of everything. You used to see this when you went to the big city, like New York. Now they have moved into the suburbs and every where else. I think it's wonderful.

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