Quote: (01-28-2014 07:27 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
You think so? I don't think that's true, Speak. Even if you go up to Quebec (Montreal), the vibe and culture is latin not anglo at all.
Same with South Florida. Miami is completely latin. Try getting ahead without knowing Spanish and you'll find life more difficult than it needs to be.
Yeah, Miami is like that NOW. It wasn't always. The Cuban dominance of south Florida started after the exodus from Castro. I didn't say America is homogenous in 2013. I'm saying that its homogeneity has varied widely through history. And of course Miami isn't quite representative of the USA's demographics at large. I took road trip across America recently and it's surprising how different much of the country is once you leave the main coastal cities.
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Also, American culture was a melting pot from the very beginning. There were many languages spoken in the colonies (French, English, Spanish, Native languages) which is one reason why the founders didn't establish English as an official language. The US actually has no official language, unlike most countries.
But it is the de facto official language given that almost no Americans speak a language fluently other than English unless they are recent immigrants or children of.
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If you go to Texas, the Southwest, California, the Mexican influence is undeniable. Go around the country and you'll see how different the regions are. We really are a bunch of states that are bound together by federal authority (remember the south wanted out of this shit altogether), but our cultures are uniquely different.
The existence of regional variety doesn't contradict anything I said. This is a factor of being a large country. You'll find similar regional variety in China even though China is mostly homogenous. This is because China is such a vast nation. There's even lots of regional variation within Mexico.