your argument is illogical. if it's about race, why is there a change between the us today (violent) and the us 100 years ago (nonviolent, yet still multiracial)? we were multiethnic/multiracial since our founding 249 years ago. a few sentences later you blame multiculturalism. so which is it? culture or race? i think it's culture.  i have family in germany with whom i'm close. i speak to them often about politics and they have a very difficult time understanding american ideals and the american ethos. it really isn't about race here and i think europeans are incapable for the most part of thinking about national identity in any way other than race or ethnicity. i'm 100% ethnically german, but i have more in common with my black american neighbor than i do with a random german man. i seriously think you euros just don't get what america is about for people who understand her history and ideals. i think that's why you use the idea of multiculturalism to mean multiracial. because to you, finnish ethnicity is so closely linked with finnish culture.
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