Reply #37: However you want to look at diversity... [View All]

[MellowDem]

either racially or culturally, the US is much more diverse than European nations. I don't think language is an indicator for diversity per se, as the US is just much more integrated in this regard. But for the sake of argument, let's look at some statistics of Britain:

Ethnic group Population % of total*
White British 50,366,497 85.67%
White (other) 3,096,169 5.27%
Indian 1,053,411 1.8%
Pakistani 977,285 1.6%
White Irish 691,232 1.2%
Mixed race 677,117 1.2%
Black Caribbean 565,876 1.0%
Black African 485,277 0.8%
Bangladeshi 283,063 0.5%
Other Asian (non-Chinese) 247,644 0.4%
Chinese 247,403 0.4%
Other 230,615 0.4%
Black (others) 97,585 0.2%
* Percentage of total UK population

Even "White (other)" which presumably includes all those other European cultures, is only about 5% of the total population. The US is much more diverse just among its white population in terms of what cultures they come from than Britain is. And if you want to look at race, which, while I understand doesn't have the same implications as in the US, still does have implications, it is also less diverse than the US. And Britain is one of the more diverse EU countries. There are quite a few EU countries that are almost completely homogonous.