美国多元文化成因再探索

A Second Exploration of Causation of the U. S. Multi-culture

美国多元文化的形成基于移民的多源性,同时离不开国内各种族、族裔人民长期争取自由与平等权的斗争。独立战争、南北战争及20世纪60年代的民权运动最终推动了“和而不同”的多元文化格局的形成。这种斗争具有各族人民共同战斗、上下互动等特点,而且与人类全球文明多样化进程密切相关。

From a historical view, the development of American multi-culture results in struggles for liberty and equality waged by the American people of all races and ethnics. The Independence War was a war not only for the colonial people's right of survival but also for equality among mainland minorities . The Civil War meant a battle of American peoples for the Black's rights of living and liberty, so that it encouraged the Indians and American women striving for their votes. Then World War II and the civil rights movement in 1960's promoted the formation of multi-culture characterized by 'harmony but not sameness'. Such struggles are characteristic of common fights and interactions of all the nationalities and are closely related to the course of multiple global civilizations as well.