American Pluralism & the Law Anthropology

Running head: AMERICAN PLURALISM & THE LAW ANTHROPOLOGY
AMERICAN PLURALISM & THE LAW ANTHROPOLOGY
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1AMERICAN PLURALISM & THE LAW ANTHROPOLOGY
A pluralistic society is a society consisting of diversity. America is considered to be the
pluralistic society where the motto is e plusibus unum, which is when translated from Latin to
English mean ‘out of many, one’ (Fuentes, Provost & Walker, 2013). The United States is a state
that is built on several groups, interests and people. In this essay, the prime aim is to critically
analyse an article based on the pluralistic nature of America.
The article, Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above by
Susan Saulny is on the way America presents itself as the pluralistic society. American tend to
think of themselves as a country with singular racial terms. Using the example of President
Obama, who have answered the race question in the year 2010 census, the article shows the way
America has tried being the singular race country. Having parents of both the race, white and
black, is possible in this modern era. The country possesses people belonging from different
backgrounds. However, when the competition is discussed the options are highly limited. The
article aims to discuss that a significant proportion of the country’s population consists of mixed-
race. The first white settlers had children with the Native Americans. The change that has
become prominent is the way mixed-race Americans are defined and counted.
The article has provided a conversation that involves one person asking the other
person’s origin. A person confirms if the other person was mulatto, a combination of both black
and white. The number of people, under the term ‘mulatto’ is only increasing. It is not
uncommon to find one multiracial or biracial person among five people in the United States.
Looking at the pattern of the one in seven new marriage is between spouses of different races or
ethnicities. Multiracial and multiethnic Americans are one of the fastest growing demographic
groups in America (Saulny, 2011).