kbaisi, yes, it is true for America. But, times and people have changed. Plus, in those days, and in some cases even today in the US, people have a common goal, to be American with everything that might include. This is not the case in many other countries, mainly IMHO, because in those countries we often are not talking about imigrants, but refugees. Now, look around, where ,except in the US, does multiculturalism work? And why does it not work?