If I read him correctly, President-elect Obama seeks to blur the ethnic-cultural aspect of the individual to the point where we can, as a nation, achieve true "diversity," a oneness of purpose that will unite America with the people of the world in brotherhood and, no doubt, spawn a new age of peace, love, and tranquility.
While critics may argue that Obama’s proposal may be seen as another example of the continuing orthodoxy of alienation which inevitably carries with it the desire to make opaque the reality of man’s relationship with the divine ground, it appears that at the root of his agenda is a belief in the American philomythos, the great "melting pot."
Ironically, the primary obstacle challenging Obama’s efforts at establishing the new tomorrow are the very people he seeks to fully assimilate into the American family, namely those people, legal or illegal, who have immigrated to the United States in the past generation or so.
While Obama’s programs will assist them in gaining political clout they do not appear willing to do more than modifiy their cultural proclivities, which is quite understandable.
The question is, will Obama’s proposals result in a period of integration or disintegration?
