[MadIsh32]

This country has been “Balkanized” from the start

Slave states vs non slave states nearly ripped the union apart.

Jim Crowe laws, the gilded age, women’s suffrage, camps for the Japanese during WW2, segregation until the mid 1960s.

American culture has been defined by that. There has never been a homogeneous American culture

[DwFry]

Thanks for proving my point about how a fractured culture usually leads to bloodshed.

Glad you’ve seen the light & will no doubt join the viewpoint that strives to avoid more fracture/bloodshed in the future.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“This country has been “Balkanized” from the start

Slave states vs non slave states nearly ripped the union apart.

Jim Crowe laws, the gilded age, women’s suffrage, camps for the Japanese during WW2, segregation until the mid 1960s.

American culture has been defined by that. There has never been a homogeneous American culture”

Exactly. Not to mention that, during earlier waves of immigration, plenty of European immigrants (Greek, German, Irish Italian, etc.) were initially considered not “white” or “American.” So, not only has Balkanization been part of America from the start, so too have fears that “there’s too much Balkanization, and [insert group] just aren’t American enough”