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Voted for the UAE as I've lived there. Most people are Indians and the Arabs are minority, lots of Russians/British too but mostly torists. Lots of Asians also. Don't forget how it's Muslim country peacefully coexisting with Hindus and Christians without a single terrorist act for decades...or maybe more.
Can you explain why certain communities inside American society haven't become part of the melting pot the USA usually prides itself of? I also don't understand the necessity of ethnic enclaves years after immigration from those countries died off, it seems like certain ethnicities seemed to isolate themselves from mainstream society, here this doesn't happen.
Which communities specifically did you have in mind?
I think the premise is faulty.
Not all communities integrate at the same rate, or as successfully, but in general immigrants integrate into the US faster and better than elsewhere, because the US has policies in place to promote integration, and the US is the only country I can think of where a new immigrant can declare I now want to be considered an American, and other Americans will simply take that at face value, subject to paperwork being legal.
Try attempting that in Asian or EU countries.
Voted for the UAE as I've lived there. Most people are Indians and the Arabs are minority, lots of Russians/British too but mostly torists. Lots of Asians also. Don't forget how it's Muslim country peacefully coexisting with Hindus and Christians without a single terrorist act for decades...or maybe more.
It's not a real society though. The Indians/Hindus are guest workers/expats who are required to leave when they retire or are fired. The UAE is not their home. Most of those Arab countries are artificial societies.
Most multicultural? Canada, Australia, France, Netherlands, Belgium. Countries with large amont of RECENT (as in fresh of boat) foreigners who talk their languages and keep their cultures from their home countries.
The US? the vast majority are either mexican-americans, puerto-rican americans, cuban-americans, white-americans (of mainly british/Irish or "American" descent), african-americans, asian-americans (particularly chinese descent) who have been long enough in the country to be considered anything but American!.
Canada must be by far the most multicultural country on earth. cities like vancouver, toronto and montreal are insanely multiculatural. Australia is also extremely multicultural but it has too many asians and too few people from new-world (nations). The netherlands, france and belgium are pretty balanced, even though the immigration is mostly from middle east and turkey (although there is huge congolese community in belgium and huge indonesian community in the NL) they have tons of foreigners from all over the world. Sweden is also pretty multiculatural... balanced immigration from all over the world which includes asia, africa, middle east, latin-america , north america/australia and other countries of europe, but it is concentrated mainly on the big cities..
the US is the only country I can think of where a new immigrant can declare I now want to be considered an American, and other Americans will simply take that at face value, subject to paperwork being legal.
Try attempting that in Asian or EU countries.
This is a good point. In Canada, where multiculturalism is encouraged in favor of the melting pot, many people would not take the "I am Canadian" statement at face value. The inevitable question is "No, but where are you REALLY from"? Whether the intention is plain curiosity or something more malevolent, it serves to divide immigrants from citizens and that is not a good thing.
Most multicultural? Canada, Australia, France, Netherlands, Belgium. Countries with large amont of RECENT (as in fresh of boat) foreigners who talk their languages and keep their cultures from their home countries.
The US? the vast majority are either mexican-americans, puerto-rican americans, cuban-americans, white-americans (of mainly british/Irish or "American" descent), african-americans, asian-americans (particularly chinese descent) who have been long enough in the country to be considered anything but American!.
Canada must be by far the most multicultural country on earth. cities like vancouver, toronto and montreal are insanely multiculatural. Australia is also extremely multicultural but it has too many asians and too few people from new-world (nations). The netherlands, france and belgium are pretty balanced, even though the immigration is mostly from middle east and turkey (although there is huge congolese community in belgium and huge indonesian community in the NL) they have tons of foreigners from all over the world. Sweden is also pretty multiculatural... balanced immigration from all over the world which includes asia, africa, middle east, latin-america , north america/australia and other countries of europe, but it is concentrated mainly on the big cities..
You badly need to update your files. Asians are set to overtake Latinos as the largest US minority, driven by lots of new arrivals. The simple test for all countries, on all continents is: Are they majority-minority?
Is the sum of the minority populations greater than the total of the majority group? The two largest states, Ca and TX, plus Hi, NM, and Wash DC are already there, and the country as a whole will be by mid century.
Asians to surpass Latinos as largest immigrant group in U.S. ...
Los Angeles Times
Sep 27, 2015 - Asians are likely to surpass Latinos as the nation's largest immigrant group shortly ...
US Steps Closer to a Future Where Minorities Are the Majority
time.com/3934092/us-population-diversity-census/
Time
Jun 25, 2015 - Demographers predict that the U.S. will be majority-minority for the first time by the mid-2040s. Millennials, meanwhile, who number 83.1 million .
America may be the most diverse in one sense, but it is also the most monotonous by other definitions. No matter which city you go to, you will see the same Starbucks, McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, Old Navy, Kohl's, Bed & Bath... OMG the stores even stack things in exactly the same way everywhere!
Although people speak different languages at home, they all speak English in school and office. However, in different places of China you can hear kids speak different Chinese languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, ...) in school, and also ethnic languages (Tibetan, Uyghur, Korean, Khazak, ...) Food can be very different too.
America may be the most diverse in one sense, but it is also the most monotonous by other definitions. No matter which city you go to, you will see the same Starbucks, McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, Old Navy, Kohl's, Bed & Bath... OMG the stores even stack things in exactly the same way everywhere!
Although people speak different languages at home, they all speak English in school and office. However, in different places of China you can hear kids speak different Chinese languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, ...) in school, and also ethnic languages (Tibetan, Uyghur, Korean, Khazak, ...) Food can be very different too.
This is a good point. India is also very multicultural in that respect. The difference between South and North Indian food, or between North and East Indian, is as radical that as between French and Russian, or between Japanese and Thai.
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