Are blacks that different from whites? This is a question and concern that society pays a lot of attention to today: Is there cultural assimilation in the United States or does the country still remain segregated? Realistically, America still has a long way to go before it can say it fully integrates both races equally. Donnell Alexander, author of “Cool Like Me” addresses the topic of prejudices that whites have towards blacks, arguing that there is no cultural integration and that the United States is still separate. With many lucid examples using expressive tones and personal examples, he compares the coolness of himself to the coolness of other blacks and other cultures to get the reader to identify "cool" and relate it as a black quality and observe it in American culture . as a style and way of thinking. Racial issues in today's world are inevitable and inserted into every conflict, because the root cause of today's problems is still traced back to race. By starting his essay by talking about how "cool" he is and how this benefits him, Alexander is showing through the use of his examples of different people that there are many people of different races and cultures in society (Alexander 415). There are countless unique individuals living together, but they are not yet integrated into a culture so large that it seems inevitable. This is the result of the media, which further confirms that society is far from integrating due to the differences in the ways of life of all cultures versus the conformity between one (Alexander 416). Alexander justifies that whites can leave another race's culture behind their own, take what they want from it, without fully incorporating themselves together with the other... middle of paper... will go on until there is some change. place. Here, however, the author illustrates in his ironic essay his coldness in the face of ignorance, oppression, terror, outlining the main failures of this struggle. By comparing his coldness to that of other whites and blacks, Alexander successfully shows how America is still unable to move towards racial equality. Alexander believes that integration has not taken place, rather whites and blacks live together having their own separate cultures and whites absorb desirable aspects of black culture and leave the rest. This is a far cry from integration, and thanks to his research on this topic, Alexander believes that “yes, black people are cooler than white people.” (Alexander ???)Works CitedAlexander, Donnell. “Awesome like me.” Seeing and Writing 4.Donald McQuade/Christine McQuade. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. 415-421. Press.