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Are other races somehow not American? I never understood this argument. "If it weren't for all those black people and immigrants we'd actually be really good!
by JimTheMan 6y ago
Are other races somehow not American? I never understood this argument.
"If it weren't for all those black people and immigrants we'd actually be really good! Those other countries are just too 'homogenous'. "
And then somehow this fact apparently dismisses other countries efforts at providing universal/preventative healthcare and initiatives that the US simply does not.
- admiralspoo 6y agoGenetics are about 2/3s of life expectancy. If you wish to compare ethnically inhomogeneous populations versus those that are homogenous, your comparison is not useful for anything. Urbanized (or rural) Asians in the US live longer than Asians elsewhere. The same is true for Blacks.
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- stephen_g 6y agoThat doesn't hold up. A lot of the countries compared aren't that ethnically homogeneous either. In fact, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, and Sweden all have a higher ratio of migrants per 100k population than the US...
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