> At one time, Americans felt that Irish and Chinese immigrants could never properly integrate... to say nothing about free Africans. Yet all of those groups have been unambiguously integrated.
The Irish are not so different from the people that made up America back then. The Chinese who come here flee a communist/socialist regime, they are more than happy to assimilate to capitalism and the American way of life.
> [..] There aren't always "severe problems" with immigrants from different cultural backgrounds. Sometimes there are, yes, but it isn't a rule of nature.
As I acknowledged above.
> Those aren't boolean states. Someone can maintain a connection to their heritage while still being a part of greater society.
Right, but living in segregated communities inside another country is not maintaining a connection to heritage but simply not integrating.
The Irish are not so different from the people that made up America back then. The Chinese who come here flee a communist/socialist regime, they are more than happy to assimilate to capitalism and the American way of life.
> [..] There aren't always "severe problems" with immigrants from different cultural backgrounds. Sometimes there are, yes, but it isn't a rule of nature.
As I acknowledged above.
> Those aren't boolean states. Someone can maintain a connection to their heritage while still being a part of greater society.
Right, but living in segregated communities inside another country is not maintaining a connection to heritage but simply not integrating.