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> It's been clear that something needs to be done for years And what? That "something" needs to be done was clear since the 80s, but so far constructive soluti
by creshal 11y ago
> It's been clear that something needs to be done for years
And what? That "something" needs to be done was clear since the 80s, but so far constructive solutions have been rather sparse. Integration is too expensive to the austerity and privatization loving right wing, and expulsion doesn't work because our economies depend on cheap immigrant labour. So far I've not seen anyone seen pushing for a different solution.
- rtpg 11y agoHow about letting people be who they are without whining about people's behaviors not being "French enough" or whatever? Say what you will about America's institutional racism, but I have rarely heard an American whine about people not acting American enough (maybe I'm hanging in the wrong circles) Meanwhile I would hear a lot of complaining about riff raff accumulating around ethnic grocers and the like messing up the "culture " of downtown Nantes. The integration fallacy is one that is doomed to fail from the outset. The people define an area, not the other way around. Let people do what they want, the free flow of ideas will do the rest.
- creshal 11y ago> How about letting people be who they are without whining about people's behaviors not being "French enough" or whatever? Belgium does not have this problem.