In Denmark the situation is a tad different. A lot of immigrants of Middle Eastern descent have rather poor English and their Danish is much better (they need to be somewhat fluent in Danish in order to stay). Their kids’ English is however on par with “native” Dane’s kids.

The inability to blend in, IMO, is primarily language based. I have a better hold of Danish than most of my international friends and I have also felt more welcome in Denmark than them. Folks that have been in Denmark for 5 years longer, are even more homey in Denmark IME (regardless of skin colour, mind you).

This is obviously anecdotal evidence, I am sure there are some older folks that aren’t as accepting (my friends are generally young, as I am). But still, a lot of them can be open minded. I am reminded of this story a friend of mine has told me. She ran an org helping immigrants in Denmark and one of the activities she organised was connecting immigrants willing to learn the language with older folks in care homes who longed to speak to more people. An older resident lady has told her once that while she is not keen on those immigrants from Middle East, Muhammad is a very nice person whom she enjoyed spending time with. So much about accepting other cultures and people is about exposure (probably why cities are more liberal than countryside)