Yes. I've had that discussion with every one of my non-native speaking coworkers. I'm trying to lean some spanish and I find it interesting to hear other peoples experiences in language learning. I also forgot: russian coworkers.
Ok. India is a massively overpopulated land of horrific caste discrimination. Mexico is almost as dangerous to visit as zimbabwe. Africa is a backward hellhole full of warring tribes. I'll stay right here, miss world traveler, multicultural guru of diversity. Embrace diversity: starvation, war, corruption.
Now all you have to do is relate it to the OP.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please give examples why you think diversity alienates or not.
It's common sense. Read my car example. Diversity in population demographics is not a normal human desire in any way, shape or form. We are leery of differences in culture.
So you don't agree with me that people who live in cities, like New York and Los Angeles, are likely to be less leery due to greater exposure to people of multicultural ethnicities? That familiarity with different cultures reduces prejudice and decreases alienation?
Yes I do agree. Familiarity is fine, but encouraging and implementing diverstiy in ones own culture is a sure way to destroy it. How hard is that to understand?
In ones own culture? Limit it, yes. We put in programs that cost billions of dollars to american taxpayers to make sure that there are spanish translations on every damn government sign or form in every damn government institutuon. That's bullshit. Hablemos english aqui en los estados unidos, si? Estudia ENGLISH.
I, too, am interested in learning from people from other countries. I learned a little Polish from the mop crew that worked at Jewel when I was in high school. I learned some Arabic from a Muslim neighboor at IU [this was the most fun, since the muslims would freak out when some white guy would say, "How's it going" in arabic as they walked by], I've greatly expanded my Spanish vocab from my patients, and also speak a bit of German. And I'm from, gasp, Indiana! And a right wing Republican, no less.
Well, that's the point, isn't it? Most of us here are all for learning all kinds of new things. But that dosen't mean turning our culture into someone else's. Right? If we embrace and encourage and implement diversity programs, soon enough, where's your diversity, huh? If you take a six layer chocolate-strawberry cake with buttercream icing and orange sprinkles, and put it in a blender, it's not very diverse anymore.
And what about clothes? Should they wear clothes that represent their culture? And food? What about customs? And religion? And influences from the country of origin? Music? Ah I get it. You want to be a capitalist but like the Chinese!
I happen to know that my russian, phillipine, vietnamese, spanish, and mexican coworkers are generally very much happier here than in their homelands.
Yup. Thats why you should keep your soup, salad, entree and dessert different. Mixing them up may create a novel dish, but how many days could you eat it?
