I think I can think of two (small) exceptions: the Chinese who came over in the 1800s and the Amish.
--- On Fri, 3/20/09, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
It's also been the dominant ideology among
> every immigrant group. Hence the U.S. model of integration:
> Every ethnic group aspires to become an upstanding pillar of
> American capitalist individualism, in return for which they
> get a parade, maybe a holiday, ritual pandering from local
> politicians, etc. What the French call communitarisme.
>