--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > America is predominantly a Caucasian society. A > Russian immigrant within two generations will be > totally assimilated into mainstream America. Any > community of a different colour is forever a > minority or immigrant. > Mario observes: > 1. While a person of color would, by definition, be a numerical "minority" in the US, which currently has a Caucasian population of 67%, it is factually inaccurate to say that they are "forever" an immigrant, which only their original ancestor would be. > 2. The percentage of Caucasians in the US is dropping at a fairly rapid pace. > 3. "Assimilation" in the US and it's implications in real life is a only an academic issue. Actually assimilation in the US is frame of mind. The proof of this is that the top two ethnic groups in this most competitive of countries where 67% of the population is Caucasian, are Indians and Filipinos, both immigrant populations of color. > 4. It is just flat-out false to say that Russian immigrants assimilate faster in the US than "colored" immigrants just because they are white. Assimilate with whom? The percentage of "colored" immigrants is now 33% and growing rapidly. Many east-European Americans, like the Poles, Hungarians and Russians, retain their ethnic identities even though they have been in the US for several generations. While they are "white" their ethnic tastes and ethnic names differentiate them from other white Americans. In the meantime some Asian communities in the US have been here for almost 200 years. > Selma writes: > > The lack of assimilation doesn't bother the > American-Indian. He is after all the richest ethnic > group in America. So while he partakes of America's > munificence, he doesn't necessarily want to be part > of it. > Mario observes: > Not only have I lived in the US since before Ms. Carvalho was born, I have helped create three real native-born Americans at least one of whom is older than Ms. Carvalho, and all three have assimilated into American society in half a generation by any standard anyone would like to use. > I can categorically say that, from my perspective, the American-Indians that Ms. Carvalho describes are only one segment of American-Indian society. The community now has essentially it's first generation of American born children in young adulthood, with the next generation mostly infants and toddlers. > As the most affluent ethnic group in the US anyone who travels across America will see that the American-Indian is fully assimilated into American society by any objective standard, while retaining various levels of ethnic identity as they choose to. > Thus we are no different from any other American ethnic group in a country where anyone who wants to belong can belong. Some American-Indians have also shed their blood in the service of this country, the ultimate test of one's loyalty to the US and it's ideals. >
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