Photo of a Muslim family goes viral on American Independence Day

An image taken in a New York subway depicting a Muslim child of Asian descent grinning at an infant held by a white woman, who is also smiling has gone viral celebrating the Independence Day and the cultural diversity in America. Rachel MacKnight a New York City based actress who took the photo on the New York City's C Train, tweeted the image on July 2 captioning it as: “Taken today on the C Train. Thiiiiiis is what makes America great. Happy 4th of July, y'all.”

Taken today on the C Train. Thiiiiiis is what makes America great. Happy 4th of July, y'all. ❤️? pic.twitter.com/2b7Q89E2EI

— Rachel MacKnight (@rachmacknight) July 2, 2017

With more than 12,000 retweets and 50,000 likes the beautiful photo has gone viral, reports The Huffington Post. When millions of Americans were celebrating the country’s Independence Day on July 4, the heart warming photo was also being shared as a multicultural symbol that holds the ideals behind Independence Day. The heartwarming photo in which two children of different religion and race are sitting next to each other along with their families while sharing a sheer moment of happiness together sedates the fear that Donald Trump’s regime has set about damaging the cultural diversity of the country. Several people also joined the celebration by the commenting on the photo and harmonised the image as a display of the United States and New York City’s diversity, as well as an instance of community love.

As a conservative leaning type. Its the future and present that I want and believe we all deserve. Well. Maybe also flying cars. And space. — Sofia? (@SofiaAuroroa) July 4, 2017

Some of them shared the photo they took of strangers from different culture and race connecting with each other.

I took this pic of my niece taking a pic for a family yesterday. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/C70RtdUi9j— Traci Fisher (@TraciFisher1) July 4, 2017

A few months ago, native New Yorker Jackie Summers posted a photo on Facebook and Twitter that shows a Jewish Hasidic man and his wife sitting on a New York City subway car next to a Muslim woman in hijab feeding an infant. The photo was caption: “A Taoist (me) gives up his seat so a Hasidic couple could sit together. They scoot over so a Muslim mother could sit and nurse her baby, on Easter Sunday. This is my America: people letting people be people.” Since the election of President Donald Trump, several images were captured on New York City subway highlighting the country’s diversity. In February, for instance, subway riders were photographed cleaning swastikas off of a train’s walls, and in March, a young Latina woman was filmed shutting down a rider’s xenophobic rant.