As a liberal in California, my views on immigration actually hardened a bit after a recent trip to Japan. I appreciated that everything there was just so Japanese. No ethnic enclaves, no zones or industry that I could see dominated by non-Japanese people. I just loved the fact that I was in Japan and surrounded exclusively by Japanese culture. Made me think of what international travel must have been like 150 years ago, where visiting another country was like traveling to a different world.

I think according to the official regulations of modern US liberalism, this makes me slightly racist, and I'm supposed to be dismayed that Japan doesn't have more multiculturalism??

I wonder if you'd feel the same in Brazil, if you'd say "Everything there was just so Brazilian" when there is no such thing as "Brazilian" without the necessary multi ethnic aspect. It's a country without ethnic enclaves but instead a culture that is very much a mix of all.

You don't have to be exclusively one race to be a unique country. The US just hasn't achieved a blended culture, but it doesn't mean it's not possible.

So you want to close down Chinatown?