Prejudice, and the media's
'Prejudice' is the other side of the 'strong cultural identity' coin. Those who emphasize strong cultural identity first (over being American) are saying - 'we are not like you - whomever you are'.
Prejudice is shared between two cultures, and is not a one-way street. In America, we had come a long way - and as we elected Obama in 2008 - there was a lot of optimism for even further healing. However, the propaganda media and Obama have only caused division in America since. And the power mongers - shipping jobs overseas - have caused many areas to become very poor - and lack of money causes problems anywhere.
I understand that there have been reasons in the past to create a strong cultural identity - even above being American.
However, 'racism' means that you wish harm to a person - only because they are from a certain group of people - with a common cultural identity - without any consideration of who they are as an individual. This is rare - a very low percentage of people - maybe 1-2%. 'Racism' is an overblown word used by the media to pit black versus white - and to denigrate certain political targets.
Drawing too much emphasis to a small percentage of problems - only causes misunderstanding and confusion - and this is part of the power monger plot to pit black versus white - using the propaganda media. While the power mongers send our work overseas - steal land for 'the State', and destroy the value of the dollar - which makes the poor and middle class - poorer.
Calling people racists - when they are not - only inflames the situation between poor to middle class blacks, whites, and hispanics.
Black and white need to come together - against the establishment - not buy into their propaganda media selling a race war - which is awful for everyone - except for the power mongers.