Also, regarding 'American society', I agree it's not something that people necessarily spend a whole lot of time thinking about, but I think that as a result of that often people reflexively feel that American society reflects, or ought to reflect, what their local community is like -- and so if people don't feel welcomed in their local community they would probably answer 'yes' to my question, even though if they moved someplace else in the US they might feel perfectly welcome and answer 'no'. (Although the role of the media, and the fact that communities can be more dispersed geographically than they were historically, probably makes this scenario less likely than previously.)
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Date: 2006-04-10 07:15 pm (UTC)