2006-11-27 15:05:43 · 5 answers · asked by Miladi 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
opps.. I meant a pattern of the past. Oh well.....
2006-11-27 15:11:35 · update #1
I'm not sure if its a pattern, but Its definitely NOT NEW. Every country back in the past 300 or so years had at least one immigration issue stemming from the difficulty of a few immigrants to assimilate, and unfortunately due to typical human insecurity and prejudice this expands into racism and hate. The Jews in Europe are one of the more famous cases of this (yes there was hate of jews even before but it expanded considerably in the last 200-300 years), The US also had it with Germans and Asians in the pre-World War I/II years. In the end though in most of the cases the affected countries end up surviving the so-called "invasion".
Its the same today... a few scum Hispanics defy US culture, then certain "Americans" take this to mean ALL Hispanics defy the USA. In Europe some radical Muslims make trouble and this results into a general prejudice against Muslims. However since this is today (not 50 or even 200 years ago) and the circumstances are different with new ideas like multiculturalism (which ironically increases ethnocentrism in some quarters)... so no one really knows 100% what the outcome of these issues are.
2006-11-27 15:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Assimilation is a problem, that's where a lot of the debate about a common language comes from.
2006-11-27 23:38:28 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you look back over the history of our country, you will see that every few decades a bunch of "real Americans" get pissed at all of the immigrants, but this never stops the income of immigrants, which is a good thing. There is a pattern
2006-11-27 23:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by smartass 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it is fear of immigrants not assimilating... it's more like fear of them (the fearful) being assimilated themselves.
2006-11-27 23:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by John Dull est 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We're sposed ta be a meltin' pot juss sayin.
2006-11-27 23:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by bconehead 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋