Multiculturalism has failed, says French president

[dookie1481]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110210...grationsociety

PARIS (AFP) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex-leaders who have condemned it.
"My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure," he said in a television interview when asked about the policy which advocates that host societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups.

[chadbag]

Yeah, Merkel said it a while ago too, back in October.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11559451

I think we will be the last group on the block to come to this realization. PC has too firm a grip here.

[kal]

My questions are....

1. How many different cultures live in France/Germany?

2. Which cultures are responsible for not wanting to fit in?

[Belmont31R]

My questions are....

1. How many different cultures live in France/Germany?

2. Which cultures are responsible for not wanting to fit in?

Having been stationed in Germany for several years the primary issue there is Turks. They build their own sub communities within the German towns/cities, and don't want to be 'German' in language or culture. They want their own little Turkey right in Germany.


It got so bad as a member of my BN got neck deep in a murder investigation when a Turk pulled a knife at a night club, our guys got the knife away, and one of them ended up dead. Germany doesn't have the same self defense laws we do here. Another guy in our BN ended up found dead floating down the Rhine after the Turks got riled up, and decided to cause problems. No one ever was charged with his death due to lack of evidence but they operate in gangs no different than those in LA. The German guys didn't like us because we dated their women but they they liked us enough since we both didn't like Turks thus we had mutual respect and rarely any issues.


I have traveled all over Western Europe even before I joined the mil, and its without a doubt the majority of the mainstream criminal issues arise from those who are not born Europeans. Drug dealers, burglars, organized crime, ect. They are scum who have infected Europe with crimes that rarely if ever were an issue before the great 3rd world country immigration influx.

[variablebinary]

Is this news? We know this already

[Army Chief]

Germany has a relatively new problem to go along with their Turkish "guest worker" concerns: the Russians. An influx from the East in recent years has brought with it a considerable (by German standards) amount of overt criminal involvement.

AC

[Hmac]

This state (Minnesota) has the nation's largest population of both Somali's and Hmong. It has not had a beneficial effect on the crime rate of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Multiculturalism has failed in this state, IMHO.

[SteyrAUG]

Duh.

You can nave a multi racial culture, you can even have a multi national source of origin for them. But you can only have ONE CULTURE and for us that should be Western Democracy.

And I think it is pretty obvious who the problem is.

[Abraxas]

Duh.

You can nave a multi racial culture, you can even have a multi national source of origin for them. But you can only have ONE CULTURE and for us that should be Western Democracy.

And I think it is pretty obvious who the problem is.

Absolutely! Why is this so hard for most to understand?

[RogerinTPA]

Not news at all.

Many who immigrate right here in the US set up there own communities and fail/refuse to assimilate, for what ever reason. Mex, Cubans, Filipinos, Chinese, etc... and have done so for decades. Go to China town in San Fran or NY, Little Havana in Miami, and so on. You will find entire communities that do not speak English, despite having been here for over 20 years. I met this one guy from Kali who was US born, grew up in an entirely Filipino community, did not have a good command of the English language despite going to US schools, served 8 years in the US Navy, and sounded like he just got off the boat. He was in his late 30's.