84% of Americans are foreigners

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 16:16:14

In America, 84% of people are foreigners. (if you call Germans, Italians, Blacks, etc as foreigners)

That's what makes the USA great and unique, isn't it?

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 16:22:14

EXACTLY (sonotoori de gozaimasu)

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 16:23:31

What about black people born in the United States?
Surely you aren't counting those as "foreigners"?

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 16:27:52

>3
Well, Japanese call Koreans who've been born there for generations "foreigners." What I mean is really a "a different race"...an "other," than foreigners. You get my point though.

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 16:32:46

>>4
Wait, you included Germans as "foreigners", too.
But Germans are white, aren't they?
So, what's your definition of someone who isn't a foreigner?
Would that person need to be descended from citizens of the original colonies?
That's a pretty tough criterion.

**maji** · 2008/06/28(Sat) 17:16:11

>>5
I would assume that someone who isn't a foreigner would be a descendant of the original settlers; I'm not talking about the Cherokees.

I'm not an American so take it with a grain of salt.