Friday, February 25, 2005

American Soup

America's national identity?: "Have you ever felt bewildered by the question of American identity? Samuel Huntington is here to help. According to Huntington, American identity is neither racial nor ethnic. Nor is it based merely on adhering to a set of laws or democratic principles. If you think that you are American just because you have a U.S. passport, you're wrong. American identity is defined by culture, and, Huntington explains, Americans are culturally Anglo-Protestants. If you feel American, odds are that you're culturally Anglo-Protestant. Under certain circumstances, this principle may even apply to black Muslims."

posted by Truth Seeker @ 2:59 PM

10 Comments:

At 4:09 PM, Blogger Robert said...

I get a "connection refused" message when I try to access the article.

Maybe it is just me...

 
At 4:15 AM, Blogger Robert said...

It works now. Must have been one of those transient, internet things.

 
At 4:45 AM, Blogger Robert said...

OK, now that I've read it...

Huntington is a nut.

He has obviously not much time around Mexican-Americans or Mexican nationals. I grew up as a minority in a mostly Mexican-American community. Huntington is basing his opinions on a bigoted, false stereotype of Mexicans. In point of fact, Mexican-Americans are proud to be Americans, are as hard-working as anyone else, are dedicated to education, and have strong family ties.

The view of America as being anglo-protestant is not based on fact, but a twisted sense of history which overlooks the contributions of other races and creeds to US culture and wealth. Among the contributions of anglo-protestants is the nation's ability to dehumanize various groups of people at key times in history. This has led to the near genocide of the Native American Indians, ignoring the plight of Tibetans, and now the apparent war on Arab Muslims.

I say, let's get on with the melding of cultures. The mix will be more than the sum of its parts, assuming we can get past the dehumanizing of people like Huntington.

 
At 1:40 AM, Anonymous Don Kirk said...

Samuel Huntington is an American political scientist who has found the optimal formula to sell books: Predict disaster. Works wonders for selling books on buying gold, or religion, or...

His eschatological world-view is rampant in his thinking...the man should be an ancient Hebrew prophet predicting doom and gloom, or a modern evangelical
minister whose dire predictions of the imminent end of humanity is to spur us to sudden moral rectitude.

His books are required reading in the United States universities (he's president of the American Political Science Ass'n), so his influence is far-flung and assured...so long as you like your political theory half-racist, half-Nostradamus.

 
At 1:47 AM, Anonymous Don Kirk said...

Quail of Peace,

If you want to find a more accurate, and certainly more moderate American world-view than that of Samuel Huntington, visit the website for the Philosophy of Human Rights at: www.philohr.org

Huntington's thinking is but a small step from right-wing extremism, and I thought Saudi Arabia has had its fill with right-wing extremists.

 
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