Buckaroo Banzai used to say: “No matter where you go, there you are.”

In contrast, the reigning dogma is that integration causes assimilation automatically: cultural osmosis. For example, plunk a lot of Somalis down in mild-mannered Minneapolis via refugee programs and soon the only thing they’ll get passionate over is icefishing.

From the NYT:

For Jihad Recruits, a Pipeline From Minnesota to Militancy