Effective assimilation requires a clear, confident host culture for newcomers to integrate into. The UK's struggle with assimilation stems from a reluctance to define 'Britishness' and assert its value. This cultural vacuum makes meaningful integration impossible.

While socially problematic, residential clustering of minority groups is politically advantageous. Uniformly distributed minorities risk getting 0% of seats even with significant voter share, as they can't form a majority in any single district. Clustering allows them to secure representation by creating districts they can win.

Roy Ratneville, who became a vice chairman at a major asset management firm, notes he wouldn't have qualified for Canada's modern, skills-based immigration system. He entered on a compassionate visa as a teenage refugee and started in a mailroom, proving that potential and drive can't always be measured by points systems.

Immigrant communities are often socially conservative and pro-business, values that align with conservative parties. However, Roy Ratneville argues they frequently vote for liberal parties out of fear, fueled by media portrayals of conservatives as anti-immigrant. This perception overrides their natural policy alignment.

Resistance to mass immigration is often mislabeled as racism when it's a defense of cultural uniqueness. The core fear is that blending all cultures creates a bland 'beige' monolith, ultimately allowing the most aggressive and cohesive incoming culture to dominate.

The Canadian Tamil community, once defined by the Sri Lankan civil war, is now shifting focus. Roy Ratneville describes a deliberate effort to engage Canadian politicians on domestic issues like economic policy, rather than solely on historical grievances. This marks a critical evolution from a refugee diaspora to an integrated political constituency.

Immigration's success or failure is determined by values alignment, not ethnicity. The US historically integrated diverse groups because they shared a foundational ethos. Current conflicts arise when immigrant populations hold fundamentally different core values from the host nation, creating societal friction regardless of race.

Roy Ratneville attributes his rapid career ascent to embracing socially uncomfortable situations, like learning corporate etiquette at dinners or traveling to small towns where he was an outsider. By not retreating to familiarity, he quickly learned the unwritten rules of Canadian business culture, accelerating his integration and success.

While promoting tolerance, mass immigration risks erasing unique cultural differences, creating a homogenous world. In this "beige" environment, the most cohesive and aggressive culture with high birth rates and a clear agenda will inevitably become dominant.