The United States of America, since its inception, has been a "melting pot" of different nationalities. While the term melting pot sounds friendly, this is not the case in reality. Many times cultures collide due their differences in ideology, culture, and geographical proximity. Such culture clashes have marked the history of the United States. Race is usually thought of in the physical sense with difference in skin color, hair, facial features, and language. Although race usually follows along physical lines, it is much more far reaching and extends into the social and cultural beliefs. In the past, the dominant trend was to keep these beliefs separate, consequently increasing the feeling of racial unity and racism in society. History has shown us that man has used segregation as a method of not only keeping the peace, but also of keeping the purity of a race in tact.
             W.E. Dubois writes that he believes that the conservation of races is the cornerstone of keeping the Negro race pure and intact. Thus, for him, race preservation is not backed only with racial motives, but to help society better itself as a whole. The history of the world is outlined by the histories' of different groups and races, so by creating a larger pool of knowledge a within one's race, society as a whole cannot be destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. To exclude the impact of racial culture in history is to ignore history itself, after all, differences in racial culture has been the main source of conflict in the past. Races embody within themselves the answers modern societies problems. Dubois believes that A global dialogue is needed for the reason that, when cultures isolate themselves from others, they become stagnant. He also notes that the African race has not yet been able to share its message. It would be absurd to state that the Negro race has not given any message at all to the world. However, a
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