We're taught in school at a young age that part of what America special is how diverse of a nation we are. Shit the American dream is that anyone, whether born in this country or not can come here and make something of themselves. America as a whole is very pro immigration and pro diversity.



The problem comes when talking about individual groups. Thought our entire history we have always been xenophobic towards the newest batch of immagrants. They were always the ones who brought crime and disease, and poverty. America would be better out within them. That's what we told ourselves; in reality, immigrant families commited significantly less crime, and usually were a boon to the long term community. But facts don't matter when xenophobia is involved. It was, in our mind, always the mexicans who brought crime, or muslims, or the Irish, italians, Chinese, Vietnamese, and so on.



So yes, America is pro diversity and pro immigration. That is great. But we still unfortunately have problems with the way we act towards diversity, and how we treat others. It may never change, but I'm sure as hell going to make sure any sort of bigotry has its consequences towards its victims minimized.