By contrast, immigrants in Western Europe were invited to fill low-status jobs, creating a built-in incentive for natives to see them and their children as a servant class, incapable of entering, let alone leading, the larger society. Moreover, unlike America, Western Europe must live with the uneasy conscience stirred by immigrants whose very presence serves as a reminder of a history of colonialism.
确实，美国看中的是让人们成为移民的素质，也就是进取心、雄心以及冒险。移民来到美国视为一种持续创新的历程。他们受到驱动，要超越在其原住国家的机遇。与此相比较，西欧的移民则来做底下的工作，无法进入更为广泛的社会，更不用说领导社会了。而且，与美国不同的是，西欧移民的存在本身就提醒人们殖民主义的历史。西欧必须迁就由此引发的不安心态。在这一意义上说，美国土著和新美国人之间的关系就“比较干净”。