[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Most German freepers think that they have assimilated their Turkish-descended minority, and many of them are assimilated, at least moreso than other Muslims. The German-descendees from Russia however, should have become assimilated Russians. Their ancestors came voluntarily. Also part of the anger on the part of actual Germans toward them is that they don't use German--though that is not all their fault. The Soviets encouraged everybody to use Russian, including these people.

Europeans can be racist toward other Europeans. A lot of people in the US consider a European a European, one people group. Europeans have another views. Just goes to show race is a social construct, and not a genetic one. You could theoretically mince races down so much that each immediate family--or even each person--was there own race.

[RobbyS]

The Volga Germans resisted assimilation as much as they could. But Part from their language, they are--the ones I observed--more German than many modern Germans. As for the Turks, I think they are about as assimilated as African Americans are into white culture.