Rules is different. Marissa says many people have befriended her and her family since they came to Minnesota. It's the classic melting-pot idea long the backbone of U.S. immigrant assimilation. It's less fashionable amongst academics, and strongly resisted in some long-established immigrant groups, but still very real in many communities. And Marissa says Americans too often ignore the individuality of new immigrants.
Somebody say everybody same.
Is not same. We are Bosnia people. Amato is Dean of Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University in Marshall. He says rural Minnesota has a rich, varied culture that's been diminished by bureaucrats who have used color to define diversity. Race doesn't make people eat the same foods.