45.Social Problems Racial Problems Unlike most other peoples,Americans are primarily a nation of immigrants.The citizens or their ancistors immigrated from many parts of the globe-some as refugees from religious and political persecution,some as adventurers from the Old World seeking a better life,some as captives brought to America against their own will45.Social Problems Racial Problems Unlike most other peoples, Americans are primarily a nation of immigrants. The citizens or their ancistors immigrated from many parts of the globe—some as refugees from religious and political persecution, some as adventurers from the Old World seeking a better life, some as captives brought to America against their own will