Your statement about ghettos being a legacy of Jim Crow is only partially truthful, and the comparison you make is deceptive if not disingenuous. The evolution of American ghettos is much more complex than Jim Crow laws. The very government welfare programs meant to help in Europe have also contributed to deplorable conditions in America. As you point out, the existence of similar government social benefits for the poor has contributed most significantly to encouragement to emigrate and the self-segregation of new immigrants in Europe. Additionally the leftist multi-culturalist attitudes discourage integration… again not dissimilar to America.
I don’t find it as hard to understand why these new immigrants are contemptuous of a culture which invited another culture in, but refuses to exhibit even a hint of willingness to defend its ideals. Without some pressure to assimilate, there will be none. Rewarding immigrants for staying separate and disrespecting and deriding the host culture, encourages the conflict and violence you’ve witnessed.
Respect for another culture is one thing, but submission to it because of a refusal to defend or even show pride in your own, is suicide. Sadly we are watching Europe preparing to fall upon its own sword.
