Maya Angelou's Perception Of Social Diversity In America

Throughout the decades that American history holds, everything was planned. Similar politicians and same social beliefs, America has not change for the better for other groups among the country. If there were a different view of the country, everything would change which would bring everybody together opportunities to live united in the country. As of change, it is often in individuals who are in power, and the idea of putting other races in power. Therefore, having diverse race in politics, gives a look of caring and a positive representation of diversity, something that 20th century society is trying to gain back again.

In Maya Angelou’s interpretation, she points the reality of the humanity and the social diversity in America. Although America consists of people of different groups, America has not yet made plans to accept the fact of a diverse country. Angelou poetically describes that “Each of you a bordered country, Delicate and strangely made proud, Yet thrusting perpetually under siege,” which signifies that a country’s barrier is the end to hope, and that people from other countries are not welcome to the home of the free (Doc 13). However, throughout the poem, she describes that there is a home for all, hope and ambitions that all people

Obama also wants Americans to not feel neglected in society since he states that “new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility...work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other” (Doc 14). Therefore, indicates that change is possible if people were to work together to fight for social rights and to acknowledge that citizens in America should not be alone and that true spirit comes from having a confident interpretation for change in the