Saturday, October 3, 2015

Unassimilated Immigration: Dystopia Now!

Another manifestation of assimilation is learning (and living) the adopted country’s culture, particularly its dominant values and manners.  Contrary to leftists’ constant bleats, multiculturalism is not a strength.  It is a sign that a nation, or at least its ruling class, is committing suicide.
In 2007, Robert Putnam -- author of Bowling Alone (2000) -- published an article, “E Pluribus Unum:  Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century,” which showed that the more diverse a community is -- in terms of the number of immigrants, ethnicity, etc. -- the less trust members have in others, including the political system, and even themselves.
Although, Putnam -- perhaps bowing toward political correctness -- claimed that previous immigrants were eventually assimilated and then contributed to America’s sense of community, the country’s experience with (mostly legal) immigrants in the 19th and early 20th centuries occurred before elites lost belief in themselves and the U.S.  Today, our ruling class -- i.e., most politicos and the chattering classes -- lacking belief in the country’s exceptionalism and their own rectitude, makes virtually no effort to assimilate recent immigrants (legal or otherwise).
Once-upon-a-time, (mostly legal) immigrants were expected to learn America’s history, to honor its heroic personalities and observe its official holidays.  Today, not only is our history not taught (to immigrants or to natural born Americans), newly naturalized citizens aren’t required to take an oath of loyalty to the United States………….
In 1965, leftists, led by Ted Kennedy, changed U.S. immigration law, blithely assuring people the new policy would have no significant effect on America’s population.  Today, unless changes are made, and soon, we will find that Kennedy and his ilk were wrong, and Raspail was right.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/10/unassimilated_immigration_dystopia_now.html#ixzz3nWPUIMtU
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