race labels

Will the United States ever be a place where the citizens are referred to as Americans, like the citizens of Cuba are referred to primarily as Cubans? Can the people of America ever erase race? I think the United States would be a better place if racial labels were not placed on individuals. Race is contemplated in our everyday lives. Many things we do on a day-to-day basis involve us revealing our race or ethnic …

…consolidation is the loss of individual heritages. Although born and raised in America we all are from different places and have diverse backgrounds that cannot be forgotten. Since our appearances are uncommon this will always bring us back to the fact that we are all different. This scenario is like making all spiders in America ‘just spiders’, which is simple but deep down inside you can always tell a tree spider from a black widow.