>>I must admit, I'm not much of a 'roots' person. If there is any hope for humanity, as far as I'm concerned, it's not in emphasizing our differences, it's in assimilation. Someday when (if) we're all king of a grayish brown and speaking esperanto, the world may finally be a place where we can all get along.
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>But our differences are what make us interesting. I want to see a world where we can along and respect each other's differences .
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So do I. That's why I added that caveat that it's not a place I'd really want to live. BUT, I don't see a world where everybody respects everyone else's differences coming along any time soon. In fact, while I'd find it a horribly depressing way to live, the only way I see such peaceful co-existence happening is through the total assimilation of all people.