I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.
Every country has rich people. But only a few places have achieved a vibrant and stable middle class. And in the history of the world, none has been more vibrant and more stable than the American middle class.
The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.
The richness of America is that we are diverse. We're not Sweden. We're not Norway. We are a great American experiment. And as soon as we start trying to forget race or turn our back on race, number one, we don't confront the real racial realities that still persist.
We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together.
Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.
A country is more than an economy. We're a civic society.
Our family's fortune is growing faster than ever. We're a part of a small number of American families that own most of the country's wealth. But having so much in the hands of so few can't be good for America.
Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation.
I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.