The Two White Americas
Charles Negy At the risk of over-simplification, I propose there are two distinct groups of white Americans living in the United States: multicultural Whites and monocultural Whites. Multicultural whites recognize our changing demographics and see the benefits of living in a multicultural society. They are comfortable with rubbing elbows with dissimilar others and are relatively unthreatened by change. They support, in a more genuine way, the notion of liberty and justice for all. By contrast, monocultural whites are a different species. They, too, recognize the changing demographics, but are threatened by it. Pining for the days when they could impose their values on the rest of us, they\'d like to have Christianity present in public life. The values held by many monocultural whites tend to be extreme. Many monocultural whites (…) are at war with sexual minorities and want to legislate discrimination against our gay and lesbian citizens. Their views of women hardly are much better (wanting government [i.e., white men] to dictate to women what they can and cannot do with their own bodies). Finally, many monocultural whites do not respect science and are in denial over climate change. They eschew evolution and yearn for the days when creationism was taught in science classes. In sum, the Republican party is excessively dominated by what I call monocultural whites. Monocultural whites need to recognize that their provincial and unfair ideology has no real place in modernity or in the future of the United States.
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O texto The Two White Americas trata de dois grupos de brancos que vivem nos Estados Unidos da América: os multiculturais e os monoculturais. Tendo em vista a composição do texto e as escolhas léxico-gramaticais do autor, pode-se afirmar que o objetivo do texto é