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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'd be careful to tout Europe as a big happy family of diversity….most European countries are extremely homogenous and are just beginning (in the past 20 years or so) to have a statistically relevant level of immigration. It's not easy for many of these countries and please be careful to suggest that Europe has figured out diversity better than anywhere else. Europe may be progressive in many ways and may like to "talk the talk", but my experience with the realities on the ground with regard to acceptance of diversity are FAR different. Oh and before you accuse me of not knowing what I'm talking about I am married to a European, visit Europe regularly (several times per year) and have family/friends in several different European countries…although I have not studied there I have family members (both American and European) who have studied in a few different countries and we have actually had this conversation (due to a very diverse family with kids wanting to study in many places).

Also, there was absolutely no need to get so testy with your answer to the PP. Frankly, you sound like arrogant yourself when you go around questioning people on their experiences simply because they didn't say what you wanted to hear…[/quote]

I agree with this.  In Europe, universities are cheap and issues with poverty/income inequality are not as drastic as the United states due to a larger social safety net.  However, many European countries are very homogenous culturally.  Obviously, it varies from country to country--but as a whole this is certainly true.  The other issue is that even though the universities are relatively inexpensive, class structures are codified often by the heavy tracking that happens starting in high school...i.e. whether or not you are going to a school that will prepare you for university or trade school.  I believe I read somewhere that only 10-20% of working glass Germans go to gymnasium then followed by university.  Although much of Europe is progressive, an aggressive leveling of the playing field through education is less of a priority--the "leveling of the playing field" is done more via providing a higher quality of life through more social services.[/quote]

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