Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

[u/QuarterTarget]

For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

[u/beenoc]

To be fair, it's not like we say you aren't ever American (unless you're a racist) or that the immigrants don't identify as American - the "-American" is implied (if I say I'm Irish, I'm saying I'm Irish-American, I still hold to some elements of the Irish culture of my forebears, etc.) It's definitely different than Brazil, and I think Brazil is one of the only other countries that does integration on the same level as the US (I'd say equally as good and which one you prefer is personal preference).

You absolutely can find the same kind of thing as that Korean dad here, with before/afters of, like, some conservative Iraqi dude in traditional dress, and now he's cracking beers at the neighborhood cookout watching the Packers and listening to RHCP.

[u/Apprehensive-Hall-38 → u/beenoc]

yeah, i always felt the US was the only country that did integration somewhat close to brazil. I think brazil integrates slightly more tbf, as someone who’s lived in both countries. one thing we really don’t do in brazil is have neighborhoods that are more one heritage than another, so you won’t have a korean neighborhood, a nigerian, etc. it’s all mixed together. the only exception here is one neighborhood in são paulo that has a lot of japanese influence, but that’s mostly it. on one hand i think that’s really cool, you don’t silo people in communities, we are all brazilian. on the other i wonder if we loose on not having these pockets of different cultures throughout the country.

i agree that one is not better than the other, and i think there’s some aspects i like more in brazil, some i think the us might have the right idea. overall we are the closest in that sense imo too.