We are not sheep, nor lions who eat their young. A pride will kill one of its own under many other circumstances. What such peoples did in their way of life was neither good nor bad, but simply one ecological adaptation to scarce resources of island ecosystems. As to people of colour taking up alternative lifestyles. Realistically, we must divide Afro-americans from immigrants of colour, or hispanics.
Most immigrants are here to chase the american dream.
Once, after a meeting at which I presenteed a plan for land acquisition to create a community around a new East Indian cultural centre that I had helped plan and design, a close friend from India said this to me. They thanked me for my work and liked the centre plan, but not the community plan. The reason, he said, is that they left India to get away from community, away from the limits of your neighbors always knowing your business. We should perhaps ask why people immigrated to this country and what are their values. That may well change for future generations.