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@Pioneer1 You visualize a Utopia, Pioneer. You forgot to mention one essential requirement: People's brains will need re-wiring to erase their natural suspicions of those different from themselves. I could see birds of a feather flocking together in little separate colonies, but I don't see all of these different species living together in harmony.. The direction America is headed for, thanks to Trump and the schism created by his election, does not bode well for a tolerant diverse society. The tide will have to turn and the present leadership overthrown to dispel what is turning into a Dystopia wracked with chaos. Again, I don't imagine I'll be around witness any of this civil upheaval @Delano I agree with your assessment. Black Americans are a lost tribe wandering in the wilderness, going around in circles. It's hard not to believe that they are not cursed.

Judaism is a culture\religous orientation. It is not a race. African American lay claim to a continent but not a nation. Every other group has a country to hyphenate their name. The absence of a native culture or rather the dissolution of that culture is still being reaped today. Black People in the US are culture whores, who don't seem to benefit. It is only a matter of time before non Blacks become the custodians of Jazz and Hip Hop, Gospel may be safe.

Xeon 　 But I will say this -America deserves what it voted for. I will not comment about the events that have taken place over the past weeks. They speak for themselves. Half of eligible American voters refused to partake in this past election. That says something. For millions, it was too much of an inconvenience, indifference, apathy or because I don't like either one of the candidates. Fine. This man did not have to win if everyone voted. They left it in the hands of the electoral college. Perhaps you're right, or............. Perhaps one of the reasons over half of the people did NOT vote is because they pretty much figured that it wouldn't have mattered anyway believing that Presidents are usually SE-lected before they are E-lected. Don't forget that nearly 3 million MORE people voted for Clinton than for Trump yet he STILL managed to find his way into the office of the Presidency. Just like Gore got more votes than Bush but Bush ended up in office. The question should be asked, in a so-called Democracy where the majority rules....exactly how many MILLIONS MORE people have to vote for a candidate in order to ensure victory over their opponent? 4 million? 5 million? Would it take a candidate 25 MILLION more votes than their opposition to solidify the deal with anything less being grounds for forfeiture? And if you're saying that EVERYONE voting probably would have kept Trump out of office; then what you're REALLY saying is any nation that receives less than 100% participation from it's citizens is a nation worthy of the misrepresentation and possible tyranny it ends up with. I don't think the punishment fits the crime (?).

@Pioneer1 I don't need a ghost writer. When you live as along as I have, your life is a book with many chapters. I simply verbalize my memories, utilizing what writing skills I, as a Leo and self-published author, have. Because I always look for the irony in life, that is the angle of my vignettes, and that tends to make simple events compelling. Everybody has stories to tell, but everybody doesn't choose to put them in writing. @Delano I do sorta feel that I have a dual animus, one of which is masculine. I'm not a very maternal person and I often find myself more empathetic with a male point of view when it comes to romance because - I think a woman is silly to think she should be the center of a man's universe, demanding his undivided attention, and that she should get over her goddess fantasies and simply be a woman the man of her choice would voluntarily cherish. I have also discerned that in the cyber world, I seem to be able to infuse my written words with "emotion" and people are often unduly affected by what I say because my subjective sentiments transcend my objective words.

I don't believe in banning people based on race or religion, however.............. I DO think that people from other cultures who come to America should be given a proper understanding on American culture (or the lack of it) and how what tends to be socially or familially unacceptable in the land they come from may be perfectly welcomed here. We have a very large Middle Eastern population in the Detroit area and people from the Middle East have strong cultures that tend to be very INTOLERANT of many contemporary Western values like women's rights, homosexual rights, and even race mixing. Traditionally, most immigrants...especially those from the Eastern Hemisphere...who've come to the United States have pretty much gone out of their way to avoid intergrating into American society. They come here to get an education or own a business, but as far as being an American and mixing it up in this society....many would rather stay outside. They like the freedoms and economic opportunities of America, but they don't want to accept the tolerant and often secular values that made the peace, stability, and economic opportunities that they come here to enjoy! I don't know how many times I've heard men from Arabia or even India and parts of Africa say that they wouldn't marry an American woman, or they don't want their son marrying an American woman. I ask them why, and they say American women are too "loose" and sexually free....yet many of these SAME dudes are trying to bang as many American women as they can get their hands on!!! People should get a proper understanding of American society and our basic customs before they come here and agrees to accept them on condition of being sent back if they start engaging in "honor killing" and other forms of intolerance.

Well, no need for conjecture, speculation, prediction or ouija board consultation anymore. Trump is the POTUS and there is nothing you can do about it. I won't launch into the rank and file diatribes and rants about his win. But I will say this -America deserves what it voted for. I will not comment about the events that have taken place over the past weeks. They speak for themselves. Half of eligible American voters refused to partake in this past election. That says something. For millions, it was too much of an inconvenience, indifference, apathy or because I don't like either one of the candidates. Fine. This man did not have to win if everyone voted. They left it in the hands of the electoral college. For that, like James Baldwin's book title, "The Price of the Ticket", the future of America in the next four years speaks for itself.....