THIS GREAT MELTING POT ILLUSION

This country never did a very good job really as a melting pot.

It almost choked on every immigrant group that came.
It almost choked on Germans.
It almost choked on Italians.
It choked heavily on the Irish, for a very long time.
It choked for a long time, and still chokes on Catholics, whether Poles, Italians, French, whatever. 
It was still choking on Catholics, Latinos, Jews, Italians, Poles, Eastern Europeans, you name it, when I was a child.
It choked and continues to choke on Jews.
After the Civil War it choked, and continues to choke heavily, on blacks.
It is choking on various Asian refugees.
It is choking now, and will continue to choke heavily, on Mexicans, who will be hard to ever get down, according to people like Huntington, who should know.
It will totally gag on Muslims. You can kid yourself if you want.