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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks.

— Samuel P. Huntington

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✓Similar Perspectives

Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white.

— Richard Kerry

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Even though we are a nation that's becoming a minority country, we still have this view where everything is seen through the prism of the dominant culture, which really means white.

— Roland Martin

From the first slave ship arriving in harbor, America stole and judged blacks. Black life that didn't fit into white logic was commercially exploited or lynched.

— David Shields

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

— Don Lemon

There's a feeling among white Americans that there's no such thing as racial harmony, no such thing as a positive, productive relationship with people of color.

— Jess Row

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

— Yvette Clarke

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents.

— Dinaw Mengestu

✗Opposing Perspectives

More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.

— Don Lemon

White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.

— Jess Row