An American Story: What Does America Represent to You?
We are exactly one year from our next election. Then what?
As Americans, we face this question. We are a Constitutional Federal Republic, a Representative Democratic Republic. In short, to many Americans, we are simply a Democracy.
“We the People” is a phrase meant to represent all Americans, without regard to race, religion, or any other differences among us. This is why we are also called a “melting pot” of humanity.
Yet these representative terms, known to almost all Americans, have been co-opted by specific groups, signaling these groups are more truly representative of America. They are not, of course.
Today there are members of Congress, Republican members, who openly push racial segregation, race-based nationalism, religious-based nationalism, elimination of immigration based upon race and religion, and the forced removal of immigrants based upon race and religion.
Much of this has remained hidden within our society for decades, if not centuries. Occasionally these groups crawl from the gutters to espouse their hateful beliefs, typically without a basis other than their own ignorance and hatred.
The question is why?
