... included substantial numbers of Belarusians, Germans, Jews, and Ukrainians. This ethnic diversity was reduced sharply by World War II and the migrations that followed it. The Jewish population was reduced by about 3 million in the Holocaust. The resettlement and adjustment of borders sent about 2 million Germans from Polish territory. In turn, about 3 million ethnic Poles repatriated from the Soviet Union. As a result, most people in Poland recognize their ethnicity as Polish (97.6%). This is in sharp contrast to the United States. As it has been stated many times, America is the "melting pot" or "salad bowl" of all the other nations of the world. One statistic found was that 77.1% called their ethnicity white, 12.9% black, and 4.2% Asian. The problem with comparing that information is that "white" encompasses so many actual ethnicities. One can call themselves "white" if they are Irish, Italian, Mexican, English, French, ...

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