America Cherish Diversity Rhetorical Analysis

When we discuss the topic of diversity, half of the class and Jena McGregor will agree that America does not cherish diversity. In Patel's story he supports that America does cherish diversity. Based on the debate, I believe the opposite of the class and Jena McGregor, and I agree with Patel by making the claim that America does cherish diversity.

I determined my decision based on Eboo Patel's story, "Making the Future better Together". Patel explains that the first president of the United States supported Jews and Catholics. Despite the various religious and ethnic groups in the new nation, Washington supported their rights because "he was going to need the contributions of the willing groups in America." Eboo Patel also states, "America's

genius is to give its diversity of citizens a hope and by correcting mistakes such as slavery, and racial discrimination our nation has prospered through the generations." Eboo Patel is explaining that we had corrected our mistakes such as slavery and racial discrimination and we had been fortunate and successful through the generations. Half of the class agreed that America does cherish diversity such as the different race of our president in the United States today. In the other article, " Fixing Hollywood's Diversity Problem" written by Jena McGregor some of the class agreed that Hollywood is just a part of the United states and does not mean that the rest of the United States also does not cherish diversity.
Although America cherishes diversity I have to agree with the other half of the class and Jena McGregor by saying that in some ways the United States does not always cherish diversity. For example, in Jena McGregor's article, " Fixing Hollywood's diversity Problem" she writes, " In a 2013 study by the Los Angeles Times put membership of 6,000 members of the academy at 93 percent white and 76 percent male. The average age is 63. This quote explains that in Hollywood mostly men who are white get chosen to participate in movies win more awards.
Ultimately, I believe that America does cherish diversity. This is important because we have to realize that if America did not cherish diversity we wouldn't thrive in America like we do today. Majority of the class is confusing the fact that Hollywood is just one part of the United States and does not mean that the rest of the United States does not cherish diversity.