Blog # 15- "The Crossing" & "The End of White America

     I interpreted the stories to be focused largely about the identity of America, or rather what identity means.  The first story is about  a guy who sees Victor, an illegal immigrant who is ill.  The story wonderfully illustrates conflicts with identify.  On one hand, the narrator was a American and must follow the laws.  On the other hand, he is also one of him due to his background.  The identity's conflict with each other, but ultimately, he chooses the identity that everyone belongs to, Homo sapian.  He chooses to help to help him not because he was trying to brake the law, or because he wanted to help immigrants get across, he helps because he is a human and that is what society and empathy teaches us.
     The second story deals with identity because of the fear of no identity.  The short essay deals with the whites becoming a minority and white children feeling that they do not belong to any culture (which is absurd, considering how different America is, even compared to countries as closely related as Australia and England).  The reading also deals with the negatives that come with having minorities having equal powers with each other and no dominate majority, which is another issue with identity.
         There is good news for people who do not want the country to become more culturally diverse than it is now.  Recently, on the news they said that immigration has decreased.  For example, the illegal Mexicans crossing to the US has stopped due to the lack of jobs available (only one reason of course)