Someone posted: “Any minute now Obama will say we inherited the fault line from George W. Bush.”
lol.
I noticed the thread has wandered off in several different directions - all very interesting.
On the matter of *cultures* - in spite of our conservative philosophy that we are all individuals - the inclination is still grouping and tribalizing.
IMHO African slaves brought to the US, by necessity, developed various strategies to survive. Many accepted their fate, worked hard, raised families and looked to benevolent masters for shelter, food and religion. Descendants of those families alternately embraced or became subservient to an omnipotent government, or totally rejected the white-controlled society and its rules. Others embarked on lifestyles that were to become destructive to themselves, their families and faith. Then there are the individuals who have taken the best principles from both cultures to create lives of purpose and blessings for themselves and their posterity.