Why emulate Europe...

Depends on what color glasses you're wearing at the time.

Generalizations tend to be fairly broad and it's assumed that if the majority fit one part of the generalization, that they fit all of it.

Case in point: A great many Mexicans living in the USA got there illegally...granted, you've got an issue on your hands.
They work illegally, don't record wages, don't pay taxes, work cheap etc.. But assuming that the person standing in front of you is an illegal immigrant, doesn't pay taxes, doesn't record wages, works cheap just because they're of Mexican origin, that's another story.

If you act on your assumptions without proof (call Immigration officers on him/her) - you may just be wrong, open to libel, and open to being arrested for pressing charges without support.

That's a bit extreme...but I prefer sledgehammers over jewelers picks.
 
Not to mention that generalizations and "isms" more often than not are completely off base. Generalizing the majority by the actions of a few. For instance the irrational fear of billions of muslims.
 
Nope, that's the way it is in my house. But that's not even the way it on these boards much of the time.
 
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