Why is the United States so segregated?

[RaptorChrist]

I'm American. Ahem... I was born and raised in 'Merica, the greatest country in the world.

But to the point, I'm not sure where "America is racist" comes from. More racist than other countries? I don't know, but I would doubt it. I feel like people in America, if anything, may be more sensitive to things like "the N word", etcetera.

In the past decade or so, I've noticed an extreme movement towards acceptance of all groups: gays, transgenders, etcetera. Not sure if this is something specific to America or not, but just what I've noticed.

I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I've never even left the country, so I can't say what other places in the world are like. I thought America was sort of the place where people from all over the world dream to be.

If someone walked up to me and we starting talking, I would refer to myself as Polish, even though you'd have to go 100 years back to find an ancestor of mine from Poland. Is America the only place where this conversation is a thing? I feel like people in Italy are Italian, people in China are Chinese, but people in America are all different things (being "American" isn't quite the full story).