Cultural Diversity and Americanization in the United States of America.

将不同的民族和文化融合到一个国家中一直是美国的一个问题。20世纪90年代，随着冷战的结束，全球政治竞技场发生了巨大变化，东欧出现了一种新的趋势。一方面，原东欧地区民族矛盾加剧，另一方面，欧共体正在形成一个巨大的政治、经济集团，在社会经济不稳定的今天，不同民族的和谐共处对世界和平至关重要。美利坚合众国自建国以来一直面临着多样性。因此，我们认为美国是21世纪全球社会的潜在领导者，并从三个方面考察了美国在管理多样性和美国化方面的进展：在城市地区，在迎合少数民族和美国艺术。许多问题，如平权行动，双语教育和多元文化，目前正在激烈的辩论中，公众和我们仍然要看看他们将如何展开。

Integration of diverse ethno-racial groups and cultures into one nation has always been an issue for the United States of America.The 1990's saw the drastic change in the global political arena with the end of the cold war bringing a newtrend in the Eastern Europe. On one hand the ethnic conflicts aggravated in the former Eastern Europe but on the other hand European Community is moving forward to form a gigantic political-, economic-block in the world.In such socio-economically unstable world of today, harmonious co-existence of diverse ethno-racial groups is crucial to the world peace. The United States of America has been facing diversity since its foundation. Thus we regarded USA a potential leader in the global society of the 21st Century and examined th progress in its management of diversity and Americanization in three areas ; i.e., in urban area, in catering to the minorities and in American art. Many issues, such as affirmative action, bilingual education and multiculturalism, are currently under fierce debate by the public and we still have to see how they will unfold.