How Widespread is this Point of View?

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I don't know - as I understand it, there exist a lot of parallel cultures in the US as well (although I don't know how many Muslims there are?), and it seems to work - not perfectly, but it works. Why this does not work here I don't know,


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I suspect its partly because Americans are more individualistic in general. Sure we definetly have our race problems, and to a much lesser degree religion problems, but most of us at least think we should see individuals before groups.

And fortunetly most of our social programs conceptualy deal with minorities on an individual basis rather than as groups. It give worse results in the short term but better results in the long term. I think the reason American blacks still feel so disenfranchised is that they see themselves as a group and were treated as such for too long by well meaning people.