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If you've ever been to Singapore, it's hard to think of a more culturally diverse place. Chinese, Indian, Malay, Eurasian, Hindu, Buddist, Islamic, Christian, all in a postage stamp sized city-state.
Diversity can mean many things, and it is apparent that everyone is using their own definition of what it means to them. The U.S. is winning by numbers, but I am confident it isn't the only multicultural place on earth, and there are probably places that feel more so, but might technically be less so.
Also, the thing about the U.S., with the exception of Miami and Hawaii, even in all its multicultural cities you have a dominant American culture that works as a foundation. Whereas there are many countries where there is no dominant culture, but perhaps one that claims dominance within a plurality...but these countries tend to be rife with ethnic tension (whereas the U.S. doesn't have much ethnic tension, but plenty of racial tension). Not true for all of course.
Suriname. Asian/Indian, 27%, African former slaves 22%, Creole (mixed African-European) 17%, Javanese (Indonesian) 14%, Chinese 8%, Indigenous 4%.
Mauritius. Ethnicity not counted by census for the past 50 years, but almost half are Hindu, representing the near-majority who are Indian. The rest are made up of French, African and Chinese.
The Kingfom of Hawaii, currently occupied by the USA. Asian 35%, White 24%, Hawaii/Polynesian 10%, Mixed 2 or more of the above 24%, African 2%.
I'm inclined to agree with this.
Most places named so far (US, Canada, UK, etc) are only diverse in their major cities. Most of the US does not demographically resemble NYC or San Francisco. Most of the UK doesn't resemble London. Most of France doesn't resemble Paris.
Conversely, places like Trinidad, Suriname, Mauritius and Singapore are diverse throughout ALL sectors of their society, with many people speaking many languages and having many religions. You don't really see that in the US, UK or Canada or any other developed nation.
Most places named so far (US, Canada, UK, etc) are only diverse in their major cities. Most of the US does not demographically resemble NYC or San Francisco. Most of the UK doesn't resemble London. Most of France doesn't resemble Paris.
Conversely, places like Trinidad, Suriname, Mauritius and Singapore are diverse throughout ALL sectors of their society, with many people speaking many languages and having many religions. You don't really see that in the US, UK or Canada or any other developed nation.
If California were its own country, it would be right there with all those places you mentioned. Here you will find diversity even in the most rural areas. Just to a put a well known example out there, California's Central Valley (rural), is home to a very large Hmong population. In part it is due to our history as a state, which saw many immigrants from Asia and Latin America come over to work in farms/agriculture, before eventually moving into the cities.
Just as an example, here is the demographic data for Fresno
(sort of the capital of the Central Valley, if there were one):
2010 Census
"The racial makeup of Fresno was 245,306 (49.6%) White, 40,960 (8.3%) African American, 8,525 (1.7%) Native American, 62,528 (12.6%) Asian (3.6% Hmong, 1.7% Indian, 1.2% Filipino, 1.2% Laotian, 1.0% Thai, 0.8% Cambodian, 0.7% Chinese, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.2% Korean), 849 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 111,984 (22.6%) from other races, and 24,513 (5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 232,055 persons (46.9%). Among the Hispanic population, 42.7% of the total population are Mexican, 0.4% Salvadoran, and 0.4% Puerto Rican. Non-Hispanic Whites were 30.0% of the population in 2010,[41] down from 72.6% in 1970." - Fresno, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course this doesn't account for the diversity within both the White and African/black populations, which though counted as one category for census purposes, are also diverse in origins.
Btw, there is nothing special about Fresno. You can find this type of diversity throughout the entire state. The only thing is that in both Greater LA and the Bay Area, you will find a hyper-diversity that is matched by only a few places in the world, including NYC...and possibly Toronto and London.
If California were its own country, it would be right there with all those places you mentioned. Here you will find diversity even in the most rural areas. Just to a put a well known example out there, California's Central Valley (rural), is home to a very large Hmong population. In part it is due to our history as a state, which saw many immigrants from Asia and Latin America come over to work in farms/agriculture, before eventually moving into the cities.
Just as an example, here is the demographic data for Fresno
(sort of the capital of the Central Valley, if there were one):
2010 Census
"The racial makeup of Fresno was 245,306 (49.6%) White, 40,960 (8.3%) African American, 8,525 (1.7%) Native American, 62,528 (12.6%) Asian (3.6% Hmong, 1.7% Indian, 1.2% Filipino, 1.2% Laotian, 1.0% Thai, 0.8% Cambodian, 0.7% Chinese, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.2% Korean), 849 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 111,984 (22.6%) from other races, and 24,513 (5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 232,055 persons (46.9%). Among the Hispanic population, 42.7% of the total population are Mexican, 0.4% Salvadoran, and 0.4% Puerto Rican. Non-Hispanic Whites were 30.0% of the population in 2010,[41] down from 72.6% in 1970." - Fresno, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course this doesn't account for the diversity within both the White and African/black populations, which though counted as one category for census purposes, are also diverse in origins.
Btw, there is nothing special about Fresno. You can find this type of diversity throughout the entire state. The only thing is that in both Greater LA and the Bay Area, you will find a hyper-diversity that is matched by only a few places in the world, including NYC...and possibly Toronto and London.
I don't disagree with this, California is quite diverse. However, Cali (like NY) is not typical of most of the USA.
I voted Canada because they take in the most immigrants per capita of any country. I think you could have included other diverse countries such as Belize, Russia, India
Multiracial as in:
-Many different races live there
Or
-The majority of the population is of mixed race
If its the former, then the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, France, and Australia come to mind
If its the latter, Dominican republic, Brazil, Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, and Belize come to mind
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