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I think you may be misreading Ameirca random thoughts Send a noteboard - 17/02/2015 09:20:26 PM

America isn't better at integrating minorities than Europe because of geography but because of the fundamentals of how we were built. Taken nationalism for example. In Europe it is seen as a dangerous mindset that divides Europe and has led to some of your worst wars. In the US with the exception of some group think liberals nationalism is seen in very positive light and the lack of nationalism led to our worst war. We just view what makes a American different than how a Swede views what makes a Swede.

We do have large enclaves of immigrants that cluster in one area. Look at the various China Towns or even the large ethnic neighborhoods on the East Coast and in places like Chicago. We have huge neighborhoods that were at one time almost all Italian or Jewish or Irish ect. The biggest difference between America and just about everywhere else is there is no ethnic group that is considered "American". In the eyes of the vast majority of Americans you are just as American if your grandparents are from China as you are if the are from Scotland, as long as you ware willing to assimilate that is. Will the French ever consider a man of Ethiopian decent to be just as French as one whose ancestors fought with Napoleon?

That being said both of us our having trouble with Islamic immigrants. The US has it easier since we are not only better equipped than Europe to assimilate but I think we attract less radicalized Muslims than Europe does and many of the Muslims we have came here to get away from the very things that make it an issue. Of course any religion which believes its religious teachings supersede sectarian law will have trouble integrating. The hard truth of the matter is at this point in history many Muslims are just to radical in their beliefs to fit well in other nations. The US is large enough and diverse enough to absorb them and we are ruthless enough to force the issue if we have to. I am not sure that is true for many European nations.

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How anti-semitic is Europe? - 17/02/2015 03:01:59 AM 903 Views
Too bad they have such strict gun control - 17/02/2015 06:54:55 AM 789 Views
Really? Most of that is common sense, and not anti-semitic by any definition of the word. - 17/02/2015 07:26:52 PM 554 Views
I agree. Netanyahu was wrong and populist saying that. *NM* - 18/02/2015 09:28:25 AM 266 Views
Not to mention it's not quite the first time - 18/02/2015 01:01:32 PM 682 Views
Meh - 17/02/2015 08:55:08 AM 677 Views
Heh. He hates Israel and feels no anti-semitism eh ? - 17/02/2015 09:50:43 AM 593 Views
He's Israeli, though. I guess he has his reasons *shrug* - 17/02/2015 10:07:28 AM 592 Views
So which is it, is Europe too accommodating or not accommodating enough? - 17/02/2015 07:05:44 PM 595 Views
I think you may be misreading Ameirca - 17/02/2015 09:20:26 PM 583 Views
We killed all of the natives, though - 17/02/2015 09:51:47 PM 612 Views
I think you may be misreading my post. I do agree with most of yours actually. - 17/02/2015 10:11:29 PM 697 Views
don't you think socializm and welfare have something to do with it ? - 18/02/2015 07:04:31 AM 601 Views
No. - 18/02/2015 08:28:34 AM 783 Views
Touchy - 18/02/2015 09:05:48 AM 581 Views
Government dependence does seem to be working well in Greece *NM* - 18/02/2015 01:26:43 PM 289 Views
Socialism IS a bad thing, though - 18/02/2015 03:38:50 PM 551 Views
Maybe to some extent, but I don't think that's a big factor. - 18/02/2015 07:05:37 PM 641 Views

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