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While only 9.5% of soldiers serving in Vietnam were black, they comprised nearly 20% of front line troops, and 25% or more of airborne divisions. When black G.I.s returned home from the Vietnam War, they were denied the money promised to them to support their education and help them buy homes. Many groups eventually assimilate, but racism still exists, often in different forms and to different degrees.

Along with this, ideologies posited that every group of immigrants goes through the same discrimination. accepted more immigrants from different cultures, various " melting pots" of unity were seen to arise. As overt racial discrimination became illegal and less apparent, the idea of the nation homogenizing became popular. With the abolition of slavery, different forms of segregation were implemented, including Jim Crow laws and later American social and political structures which led to segregation within cities and the suburbanization of the working and middle class.

The enslavement of millions of blacks along with the huge influx of immigrants throughout its history resulted in great diversity but also racial segregation. With the history of racial inequality in the United States, racism has long been an issue. 2.1 Demographic differences in healthcare.