De Crevecouer in my opinion portays America as being a huge melting pot of all different cultures and ethnic groups. However in his time different ethnic groups were seen as lower in the community hierarchy.


"The next wish of this traveller will be to know whence came all these people? They are mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race now called Americans have arisen."


I have chosen to look at Barack Obama as he is mixed race. Obama Obama is the son of a white woman from Kansas and a Kenyan man. This website explains that America wants to be portrayed as a multi-cultural country and every person has the same rights. This links into the "American Dream" and frontierism - a hard working ethos and a self-sufficient population because the country was new you could make a whole new life and be who you want to be. De Crevecouer describes the land of having endeless posibilities and that there are no territorial restraints. He gives this image that every ethnic group lives in harmony and peace.


In my opinion De Crevecouer and Barack Obama are emphasizing the fact that it does not matter where your ancestors are from or the colour of your skin you still have the same chance as everyone else. The land is new and you can aspire to be whatever you want. This is going back to the "American Dream". In my opinion many American's still have this belief and will continue to do so.