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The US is definitely monocultural compared to India and Brazil. So you can’t make those comparisons either, at least according to your own criteria...

_8j50 5y ago
Then you don't understand cultural diversity in the US. There are regional differences like india for example but each city or region in the US tends to self-segregate, some more than others but just about every country has a significant immigrant community in the US which are comparable to smaller ethnic groups in other countries. You may have been thinking there is just racial culture (white, black,etc...) but that is inaccurate. To name a few Irish in boston, italian in nyc, cuban in miami, african american in harlem va NC vs Missisipi, mexican in texas vs california, so many more. The US has the diversity similar but not the how that diversity is defined as with india or brazil.
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  India for example has so many languages that one has to group them all into different language families. To compare that kind of diversity with third generation Italian-Americans in NYC and how cities have X district (Chinese or whatever) is laughable, and frankly a new low. > The US has the diversity similar but not the how that diversity is defined as with india or brazil. I don’t even know what this sentence is supposed to say but it’s probably not anything profound.
  - _8j50 5y ago
    Every one of those languages in india have native speakers in the US, what's your point? > it’s probably not anything profound. Could say the same, just being pompous. We're not comparing third generation italians with all of india here, we are comparing them the whole of US where italians are one piece with india. If you want 1-to-1 check out immigrant communities in any major city and suburb. I've worked in a team of maybe 20 where at least 7 nationalities and 4-5 native langauges were represented. Unless of course you don't consider naturalized americans lr their children as real americans? I've met Chinese from different parts of china, mexicans from different parts if mexico, indians from different states speaking urdu, punjabi,etc... middle easter people with very different arabic dialects and somehow you think India or Brazil is more diverse? You don't have to have a long established native presence for your culture to count. Heck, ever heard of internet or hacker culture? It's real!

_8j50 5y ago

Then you don't understand cultural diversity in the US. There are regional differences like india for example but each city or region in the US tends to self-segregate, some more than others but just about every country has a significant immigrant community in the US which are comparable to smaller ethnic groups in other countries. You may have been thinking there is just racial culture (white, black,etc...) but that is inaccurate. To name a few Irish in boston, italian in nyc, cuban in miami, african american in harlem va NC vs Missisipi, mexican in texas vs california, so many more. The US has the diversity similar but not the how that diversity is defined as with india or brazil.

avgcorrection 5y ago
India for example has so many languages that one has to group them all into different language families. To compare that kind of diversity with third generation Italian-Americans in NYC and how cities have X district (Chinese or whatever) is laughable, and frankly a new low. > The US has the diversity similar but not the how that diversity is defined as with india or brazil. I don’t even know what this sentence is supposed to say but it’s probably not anything profound.
- _8j50 5y ago
  Every one of those languages in india have native speakers in the US, what's your point? > it’s probably not anything profound. Could say the same, just being pompous. We're not comparing third generation italians with all of india here, we are comparing them the whole of US where italians are one piece with india. If you want 1-to-1 check out immigrant communities in any major city and suburb. I've worked in a team of maybe 20 where at least 7 nationalities and 4-5 native langauges were represented. Unless of course you don't consider naturalized americans lr their children as real americans? I've met Chinese from different parts of china, mexicans from different parts if mexico, indians from different states speaking urdu, punjabi,etc... middle easter people with very different arabic dialects and somehow you think India or Brazil is more diverse? You don't have to have a long established native presence for your culture to count. Heck, ever heard of internet or hacker culture? It's real!