The future of patriotism amidst multiculturalism is dependent on cultural attitudes and related to the concept of postcolonialism. Postcolonialism emphasizes the uneasy alliance between nations and states, a relationship that is clear in Eastern Europe and Russia, and attracting more attention in the US. The distinction between Americans and ethnic Americans has reached alarming proportions that demand a broadening of the field of postcolonial discourse to include debates on race, urban violence, affirmative action, multiculturalism diasporic diversity and transnationality.
