Tocqueville thinks so negatively on the idea of harmony between the three races in the United States simply because of the concept of superiority. He thought that the three races were naturally distinct of each other and should differ in social opportunity simply because in his mind were much more superior than the other two races. Tocqueville believes this idea because of the whites obvious dominance of the continent and its resources. The only traits that Tocqueville believed that blacks and Indians had in common was their hostility and their obvious disadvantages of being born into their respective races. In his mind these factors are what made them below the whites. These ideas are what makes Tocqueville so skeptical about the concept of the three races living in harmony.
Over time this idea of harmony between races has been battled by different groups and disagreed upon many times. This harmony has made strides due to the fact that all races are now considered to be equal but isn’t all the way there. Certain races are born into different opportunities than others, which makes it hard for there to be complete harmony between the three groups.
This certain case of the student harassing a Native American Veteran shows that the harmony between the groups is still not perfect. It is almost impossible to say the thought of racism and thinking oneself is better than another will never exist but it has gotten better than it was. With that said, recently it seems that our society has taken major steps backwards. With all the acts of racism recently it seems that it could eventually be possible for us as a society to migrate backwards to how harmony was during the times of Tocqueville.