[Destro]

It is not about White People per say as much as it is about those that come adopting the mother culture that is Hellenictic civilization (Western Civilization to the layman).

The Germanic tribes while white were not "Westerners" once either. But as soon as they came over into the Roman world they adopted what was obviously to them a superior and worthy civilization. I should have said MUSLIM Arabs will not do that. Remember Arabs pre Islam were themselves members of Hellenistic civilization - the lost city of Petra for example is an example of "Arabic" i.e. Semetic peoples who adopted our civilization.

[Clemenza]

Let's not forget that a large segment of the Jewish population adopted Hellenistic culture from the beginning, giving them a considerable advantage to other groups in that part of the world. The adoption of hellenistic culture by the Jews was one of the great turning points in the history of the Jewish people.

[Clemenza]

Most 2nd Generation Mexican-Americans I meet seem to be adopting to the Wal-Mart/reality show/Applebee's aspect of American culture quite well. The same cannot be said of the Arabs in Europe, who haven't adopted to ANY aspect of European culture, aside from the "housing estates" in the suburbs of Paris and Brussels.