I dont think its that difficult to understand what you term as “complex political makeup” resulting from the many cultures of the US. By in large, white skinned people have it easier getting good paying jobs that dark skinned people. Im not blaming that all on white people, when you try and discover the cause of this, the issues do become complex. The fact remains that there is huge differences in standard of living between rich and poor compared to many western european countries. Ive only been to germany, and Ive noticed that they have no poor slum neighborhoods, not even for the Turks that live there. I think the UK accepts a lot more immigrants than other european nations, my impression from what I see on tv and movies is that the situation is better for dark skinned people in the UK than the US.

I don’t know about that………..I know many Afro-Americans and even more Latino’s. Many of which are doing better than me! In the US just look at all of the Star Athletes, Singers, and Actors. Clearly, things are getting much better in the US compared to many other countries for minorities. Also, I work in the business world and its very common to see them in high positions……..Regardless, I don’t want to get into any race issues……thing are getting better in most modern countries. Of course third world countries are another story………….:(