Keep in mind the cultural context. In the last 10 years, the US has had: - Donald Trump and related shenanigans - Black Lives Matters protests w/ more direct

Keep in mind the cultural context. In the last 10 years, the US has had: - Donald Trump and related shenanigans - Black Lives Matters protests w/ more direct exposure to police violence - A thoughtful black president that was treated with irrational disdain by the opposing party Probably pre-Obama, the US 'diversity' initiatives would look more like what you see in the EU now. But it's become such a core fabric of US partisan politics, its far more salient here. This on top of America's already long history of (ostensibly) promoting multicultural democracy.