The United States’ superpower: diversity

From North to South, East to West the United States covers 3.8 million square miles. To accompany its impressive size, the U.S. boasts 332 million citizens. These Americans are quite different from each other with terms like “melting pot” often being used to describe a deeply diverse state. 

If you look up “the most diverse country” you won’t catch the U.S. on the list. Not having extreme racial diversity, the U.S. can not compete in numbers. Where the U.S. can really show off is in culture. Every state seems to have its own identity: Texas with its cowboy boots and Tex-Mex, Colorado with its outdoorsy and art-loving people, Georgia with its pecan pie and Southern love, etc… 

Even cities have an individual culture that permeates through its people. The modern and flashy people from Atlanta could not be compared to the military influenced Columbus GA. If you look a bit closer, into the schools and communities, a myriad of cultures coexist. During my schooling in Georgia, I saw girls with Hijabs, Spanish speakers, and children of preachers – radical thinkers, unbelievers, and those with distinctive racial features.

Immigrants, those who built this impressive North American state never lost their roots. Mexican supermarkets and Asian restaurants are dispersed throughout the U.S. 

This individuality is a cherished ideal in the U.S. – one fought for since the very creation of the republic.

With diversity routed to its core, the United States is a home for everyone. And here lies its super power. In a place where diverse people live, ideas can be approached from a thousand different ways. Talking with that girl- hijab worn proudly, speaking Spanish with those who can, and learning about someone’s Christian family fosters a considerate and open mind.

I don’t mean to be too idealistic or naïve, but the United States, imperfect as it is, is an impressive hub for the diverse and unique of this world.