Who is America?

It's a simple question, who is America? If somebody asked you to describe the first person that came to your head when they asked, who is America, you probably would reply a rich white male. As living essentially most of my life in the Johns Creek/Alpharetta "Bubble" I would probably reply the same reason. However, after the Presidential Election, it is clear that America is no longer a society dominated by Caucasian Males. Minorities like Latinos and African Americans saw there voter percentages throughout the US rise to new heights. Quite possibly the most important demographic fought over between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was women. In the end, it was these demographics that lead Barack Obama to a close Popular Vote Victory, but a simple annihilation of Mitt Romney in the Electoral College 303-206 sans Florida which two days later is still too close to call, but President Obama has the edge there as well. This is not a blog about the Election though, it is a blog about how America, the great melting pot of the world, has developed into a more and more racially and socially diversified country as time has passed. America is still embracing new cultures today; while Hispanics are greeted with as much prejudice as ever, they continue to immigrate to the United States hoping to give their children the life they did not have. Surging behind the Election and presumed Reelection of African American Barack Obama- African Americans continue to grow in the amount that they vote. There are also different cultures that add to the diversity of the United States- communities like the Gays and Lesbians are becoming a new and powerful demographic in not only American lives but politics as well. As they continue to get more rights throughout the United States as Maine and Maryland both voted for the legalization of Same-Sex Marriage, Americans are starting to re-embracing the "melting pot" mentality that made the United States such a great nation. With that said, it will be interesting to see how both parties try to re-position themselves after the election- which made it clear that the Democratic Party is a much better representation of these people while the Republican Party continues to look like the "old white guys who yell at me to stay off of their lawn". Whether the Republicans need a makeover or not is another discussion, but it is becoming more and more clear that America continues to be an ever-changing landscape of people of different beliefs, cultures, and races.