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Lee Kuan Yew has had the same experience with the close mindedness of certain cultures and being hard to integrate. My parents noticed the same with people from
by seivan 11y ago
Lee Kuan Yew has had the same experience with the close mindedness of certain cultures and being hard to integrate.
My parents noticed the same with people from the same countries as them. Even I noticed early on in school how hard it was for teachers to mention certain progressive ideas without pissing off a bunch guys in my class. I never gave it a second thought until recently.
It's an uphill battle for any country that relies on sweeping issues under the rug instead of managing them up front.
- jpatokal 11y agoI presume you're referring to Lee's comments about Malay Muslims in Singapore? http://www.singapore-window.org/sw99/90915loy.htm http://www.singapore-window.org/sw99/90915loy.htm If you're going to talk about "integration" (read: assimilation), it's worth remembering that they were there first, and it's the Chinese immigrants who are now the majority that has sidelined them.
- seivan 11y agoI still call it integration as it was predominantly secular before a surge of Wahhabism from oil, now there is a divide. You can look into Iran, Iraq and even Afghanistan. Unfortunately they didn't have a Lee Kuan Yew to draw in the line. My mum told me how no one cared about Halal only sections in Iran, my dad said the same about Iraq even though they would identify as muslims. http://youtu.be/1KDjjXUx9bY http://youtu.be/1KDjjXUx9bY