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Has diversity benefited the USA?

Has ethnic/racial/cultural/religious diversity benefited the USA?

  • Yes, people are happier and the country is better than ever in history

    Votes: 48 44.0%
  • No, people are angrier with escalating conflicts and problems

    Votes: 20 18.3%
  • Yes and No. It depends which demographic you are

    Votes: 20 18.3%
  • Other

    Votes: 21 19.3%

  • Total voters
    109
The USA is more ethnically, racially, culturally and religiously diverse than it has ever been in our history. If diversity is a good thing, then the USA should be a better country in its better condition economically and socially with people the happiest they have ever been.

Has diversity benefited the USA?

According to a Harvard University study, the most diverse neighborhoods are the most isolated, with all racial and ethnic groups in such neighborhoods tending to stay in doors more, and socialize less with their neighbors.

On a larger scale, the most diverse state in the USA has the highest crime rate (California), while the least diverse state has the lowest violent crime rate (Maine).

If diversity is a strength, then being isolated from your community, as well as plagued by violent crime must be a 'strength' as well.
 
Diversity has always been great for this nation, until liberals started to race-bait every chance they get.

Exactly! The grievance industry will impoverish our nation.
 
"Hell no! Nazism is the way to go!!"

It takes a special kind of intentional ignorance to not understand how a diversity of perspectives result in the most just and efficient solutions.

No it doesn't, it results in a wider variety of people who are all trying to carve up the country for their own particular racial/religious/ethnic group.

I'd love to see you spew your Nazi propaganda in Norway, where the inhabitants are 96% white and ethnically similar, and far happier than we in the USA are. Happiness isn't a goal for the post modernist, pseudoscience idiots however.
 
The USA is more ethnically, racially, culturally and religiously diverse than it has ever been in our history. If diversity is a good thing, then the USA should be a better country in its better condition economically and socially with people the happiest they have ever been.

Has diversity benefited the USA?
The USA is better the more diverse the views are that we incorporate into our governing systems.

The more viewpoints, the better resulting decisions.
 
I will not answer the poll question directly, lest I violate strict forum rules regarding hot potato topics.

I will just say that I personally feel that a truly harmonious society is only possible when at least 90% of a nation's population are of the same ethnicity, speak the same language, and share the same cultural values. My example, of course, is Japan.

Based on that view we can never be a harmonious society. I agree with the language but certainly not ethnicity.
 
No it doesn't, it results in a wider variety of people who are all trying to carve up the country for their own particular racial/religious/ethnic group.

I'd love to see you spew your Nazi propaganda in Norway, where the inhabitants are 96% white and ethnically similar, and far happier than we in the USA are. Happiness isn't a goal for the post modernist, pseudoscience idiots however.

i see you don't want the competition
 
Things are on the whole better than ever but now on the decline; not because of diversity, but the ongoing encroachment of plutocratization and money in politics.
 
Based on that view we can never be a harmonious society. I agree with the language but certainly not ethnicity.

Consider food. The most popular foods in America are Italian, Chinese, Mexican and American. Although there are hundreds of ethnic groups, not all groups have the best foods based on what works for the most people with free choice.

In the end, some cultures are better than others in terms of various things connected to social demand and support. The melting pot begins with all cultures and then through free choice, the best of the best becomes the majority choice. One can only try the best of the best food, by leaving the narrow niches of diversity. This is true across the entire spectrum of human activity.

If you were from a poor third world country and were asked to maintain your diversity, that means sticking to less education, corruption and violence since this is what you grew up in. Crime often follows to prey on its own kind told to segregate themselves. This is what the Democrats offered the blacks after slavery ended. Everyone is much better off being able to leave a narrow niche and sample the best of the best; mainstream American. This way they get to eat Italian, Chinese, Mexica and America instead limited ethnic foods, They also get to kin new ideas and avoid idea that did not work in their native countries.

The Democrat are running a racist scam, by persuading people to segregate themselves, so they cannot enjoy the best of the best. This is a way to maintain and permanent a third world dependent class. The American dream requires being able to go beyond these limits and sample the best of the best.

America was built on English based law and Judeo-Christian ethics. The Magna Carter was the precursor to the Constitution. This is the meat and potatoes of the melting pot. Other groups of immigrants became the vegetables and spices. Democrats try to convince poor ethnic groups that a pure garlic soup is as good as a hardy soup with a hint of garlic. Some minority spices make the dish very special, but the same spice can be too strong in higher doses and make the dish harder to eat.

In the melting pot, diversity is secondary and maintained by individual families, who share of the melting pot. Diversity allows the ingredients to stay firm and not turn to mush, so the soup is better. But the soup needs the ingredients in the pot, to get their flavor.
 
Consider food. The most popular foods in America are Italian, Chinese, Mexican and American. Although there are hundreds of ethnic groups, not all groups have the best foods based on what works for the most people with free choice.

In the end, some cultures are better than others in terms of various things connected to social demand and support. The melting pot begins with all cultures and then through free choice, the best of the best becomes the majority choice. One can only try the best of the best food, by leaving the narrow niches of diversity. This is true across the entire spectrum of human activity.

If you were from a poor third world country and were asked to maintain your diversity, that means sticking to less education, corruption and violence since this is what you grew up in. Crime often follows to prey on its own kind told to segregate themselves. This is what the Democrats offered the blacks after slavery ended. Everyone is much better off being able to leave a narrow niche and sample the best of the best; mainstream American. This way they get to eat Italian, Chinese, Mexica and America instead limited ethnic foods, They also get to kin new ideas and avoid idea that did not work in their native countries.

The Democrat are running a racist scam, by persuading people to segregate themselves, so they cannot enjoy the best of the best. This is a way to maintain and permanent a third world dependent class. The American dream requires being able to go beyond these limits and sample the best of the best.

America was built on English based law and Judeo-Christian ethics. The Magna Carter was the precursor to the Constitution. This is the meat and potatoes of the melting pot. Other groups of immigrants became the vegetables and spices. Democrats try to convince poor ethnic groups that a pure garlic soup is as good as a hardy soup with a hint of garlic. Some minority spices make the dish very special, but the same spice can be too strong in higher doses and make the dish harder to eat.

In the melting pot, diversity is secondary and maintained by individual families, who share of the melting pot. Diversity allows the ingredients to stay firm and not turn to mush, so the soup is better. But the soup needs the ingredients in the pot, to get their flavor.

It goes so far beyond food, but yeah. Food! I love ethnic variety in food. And, that list is endless.

As for other things that diversity has given us: countless gold medals, codebreakers, cutting edge I/T, doctors and lawyers (well, ok. Maybe we can dispense with the lawyers. j/k).
 
Consider food. The most popular foods in America are Italian, Chinese, Mexican and American. Although there are hundreds of ethnic groups, not all groups have the best foods based on what works for the most people with free choice.

As a side note, what the vast majority of Americans consider to be Chinese food is not Chinese food. It is like going to Taco Bell and thinking that is Mexican food. Chinese food is a misnomer anyway. China is the most culinary diverse country in the world. To say you are going out for Chinese food is like saying you are going out for European food.
 
As a side note, what the vast majority of Americans consider to be Chinese food is not Chinese food. It is like going to Taco Bell and thinking that is Mexican food. Chinese food is a misnomer anyway. China is the most culinary diverse country in the world. To say you are going out for Chinese food is like saying you are going out for European food.

True. We shop at an authentic Chinese grocery now and then. Most of the stuff sold in there would make the average American gag. But, they could probably find themselves a nice household pet to take home
 
Nope, it's divided us all more.
 
Nope, it's divided us all more.

well we can unite around the fact that all you advocates for homogeneity are out for yourselves

and every one who is not just like you who is of a different race religion or lack of one or who disagrees with you or who is not the same as you when it comes to anything important to you should unite in are hatred of you and commitment to fighting you in every way at every turn along with any one who wants to treat people as they would want to be treated but that's redundant as that clearly counts as not being the same as you when it comes to whats important to you


you make me sick all of you your evil will not prevail
 
The USA is more ethnically, racially, culturally and religiously diverse than it has ever been in our history. If diversity is a good thing, then the USA should be a better country in its better condition economically and socially with people the happiest they have ever been.

Has diversity benefited the USA?

if your not the same ethnic group or of the same culture or of the same religious view as joko

or if you don't want to discriminate against people over those things or be discriminated against over those tings


unite against people like him they are your enemy because they seek to drive you out or to have domination over you
 
well we can unite around the fact that all you advocates for homogeneity are out for yourselves

and every one who is not just like you who is of a different race religion or lack of one or who disagrees with you or who is not the same as you when it comes to anything important to you should unite in are hatred of you and commitment to fighting you in every way at every turn along with any one who wants to treat people as they would want to be treated but that's redundant as that clearly counts as not being the same as you when it comes to whats important to you


you make me sick all of you your evil will not prevail

Your last line in your message is the "evil" you rage against - meaning look in the mirror.
 
if your not the same ethnic group or of the same culture or of the same religious view as joko

or if you don't want to discriminate against people over those things or be discriminated against over those tings


unite against people like him they are your enemy because they seek to drive you out or to have domination over you

The history of indigenous Americans ("Indians") know all about the dangers of diversity by invasion. It is called "genocide."
 
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The USA is more ethnically, racially, culturally and religiously diverse than it has ever been in our history. If diversity is a good thing, then the USA should be a better country in its better condition economically and socially with people the happiest they have ever been.

Has diversity benefited the USA?
Objectively, scientifically, yes. Areas that attract and accept immigrants are economically stronger and happier than monocultures.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X16304466
a consensus has emerged among scholars and multilateral development agencies that international migration has a positive effect on the economic welfare of the receiving countries (see e.g., De Haan, 1999, UNDP, 2009, World Bank, 2009).

Immigrants are carriers of a variety of ideas and abilities, and are an important factor input into the process of technological progress. More than their actual number, however, their composition seems to be crucial issue in stimulating the rate of technological progress in the destination country.

At a more aggregate level, Ottaviano and Peri (2006) find that US-born citizens living in metropolitan areas with higher share of foreign-born workers experienced a significant increase in their wage and in the rental price, implying that a more multicultural urban environment makes US-born citizens more productive. Similarly, Ager and Brückner (2013) explore the effects of mass immigration to the US during the 1870–1920 period and find that whereas increases in the cultural fractionalization of US counties boosted output per capita, cultural polarization had the opposite effect.
 
True. We shop at an authentic Chinese grocery now and then. Most of the stuff sold in there would make the average American gag. But, they could probably find themselves a nice household pet to take home

You should visit China sometime. Real Chinese food is great and very diverse.
 
well we can unite around the fact that all you advocates for homogeneity are out for yourselves

and every one who is not just like you who is of a different race religion or lack of one or who disagrees with you or who is not the same as you when it comes to anything important to you should unite in are hatred of you and commitment to fighting you in every way at every turn along with any one who wants to treat people as they would want to be treated but that's redundant as that clearly counts as not being the same as you when it comes to whats important to you


you make me sick all of you your evil will not prevail

Calm down, dude. Your head will explode. :lol:
 
The history of indigenous Americans ("Indians") know all about the dangers of diversity by invasion. It is called "genocide."

something im worried about from the likes of you
 
You should visit China sometime. Real Chinese food is great and very diverse.

That is one of the wonderful things of diversity. So many parts of China, so many variations I'll bet. I know there are variations from regions on South Korea, and so many varieties here in the USA. Portland has such different food than Brooklyn, New Orleans, Georgia, etc.

It's so hard to find authentic restaurants though. Especially authentic Korean food. It's just too damn hot for at least 95% of our population. They love their peppers!
 
Calm down, dude. Your head will explode. :lol:

careful your getting closer to live and let live

i might not even be the same race and religion as you
 
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