>That is because the USA is the latest (and hopefully last) empire,
>having decisively displaced European & Japanese empires by the end
>of the Second World War. The colonized go to study, work, &
>sometimes settle in the land of the colonizers. As no other
>government has built as extensive an empire as the US government
>(which has incorporated former European and Japanese colonies into
>its sphere of influence), it is no surprise to see the most diverse
>population here.
Why did you come here? I ask that very seriously, not in any furtively accusatory or jingoistic way.
Doug