Finally, it would make sense that the religion of diversity, which dominates the ethos of our schools, would give way to an ethos of civic cohesion. We won't have to celebrate diversity because it will be a fact. The problem will be finding the 21st-century thing that binds the fluid network of ethnic cells.
On the whole, this future is exciting. The challenge will be to create a global civilization that is, at the same time, distinctly American. Immigration reform or not, the nation of mutts is coming.
- David Brooks
Not his best essay. I imagine there is something profound about stating the obvious. Where is the vision. A nation of mutts. Hmmm. To be fair, Obama started it. Called himself a mutt. Na wa. Anyway sha, read, the man can write jor...
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