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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another factor to consider is that our unskilled immigrants are Hispanics who (1) are members of the largest single church (Roman Catholic) or quickly join an evangelical congregation, (2) speak a language that's been taught at every two-bit 150 student high school since the 1950s, and (3) said language is reasonably closely related to English (which is a Romance vocabulary grafted onto a Germanic base).

You have the pied-noirs, the European ethnic settlers of Algeria who had been in Algeria for 100+ years and considered themselves *French* -- the French PP would do well to consider how they weren't regarded as 100% French for years. (On forms, they were made to put '99' to indicate their place of birth -- i.e. outside France, only an outcry reversed that.)

Compare and contrast to Middle Eastern immigrants who (1) are members of a wholly alien to Europe religion, (2) speak a language that is not culturally close to the various European languages, and (3) have said language in a wholly different alphabet.

Our skilled immigrants are truly a mix of the world. East Asian, South Asian, African, Caribbean, European, and Middle Eastern.

PP has assimilated to the French idea (Liberté, égalité, fraternité). But the notion of a nation united around an idea and not a nationality dates back less than 100 years for most of Europe.

But she also mentioned the actual killers being some bizarre mashup of Opus Dei and MS-13 -- that's actually true in that many of these killers seem to have had run-ins with the law over regular street crime before finding Islam. The girl that might have brought in several people to the suicide bomber in Paris was a bit of a club regular, getting in/getting others to start fights.

The other PP who said if the "France has no racism" poster started out as a Maronite/Armenian and/or is light-skinned, she is already a step ahead of the game, is more than likely right. (Likewise if her parents came with some skills). I will quibble with that PP's declaration that it's terrible French PP is teaching her kids French, though -- it's a decision the French PP can make for herself. [/quote]
It's not terrible - did I say that it is?  That's her choice.  And our choices say things about us.  I said it clearly shows that she has shed the identity of her origins, because language is the carrier of identity. And my theory is that it happened because in the French concept of assimilation, there is likely little room for retaining. much less transmitting to your children, languages other than French.  That is, France has asked her family, figuratively speaking  (this is my theory), "do you want to be French, really French? Forget your language, then.  Forget your religion too.  Forget where you came from. You are here now. Keep the kabobs, though. "   Some people accept that deal.  Some can't.

Compare that to an American view of assimilation, which is perfectly comfortable and even encouraging of other languages and other ethnic stories in the great American tapestry. [/quote]

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