Posted on 08/05/2007 7:48:56 PM PDT by george76
community
n
Definition: agreement, similarity
Antonyms: disagreement, dissimilarity
Our proximity to our neighbors is not what makes community. What we share together makes us a community, not how we are different.
Thanks.
Don’t forget that former vice-president and current weather god, The Goreon said that our motto, “E Pluribus Unum” means the exact opposite of what it says.
that’s right!
but they always stop to speak spanish to a fellow mexican
just after they’ve been rude to you.
Only if you have a priori opinions about diversity's value. And we know all scientists wouldn't dream of having preconceived notions.
"Honey, you know I could have sworn the neighborhood used to be a nicer place to live before this guy showed up, but our HR department keeps telling me how much richer my life is now. Which is it?"
Because we already know it, we're bigots. But when they discover it, they are intellectuals.
/sarc
From the article:
When he [Putnam] finally published a detailed scholarly analysis in June in the journal Scandinavian Political Studies, he faced criticism for straying from data into advocacy. His paper argues strongly that the negative effects of diversity can be remedied, and says history suggests that ethnic diversity may eventually fade as a sharp line of social demarcation.
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In the final quarter of his paper, Putnam puts the diversity challenge in a broader context by describing how social identity can change over time. Experience shows that social divisions can eventually give way to "more encompassing identities" that create a "new, more capacious sense of 'we,'" he writes.
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The biggest problem I have is that very few of them understand even basic English. It’s absolutely frustrating when I go to a McDonalds and hardly anyone speaks English and their hygiene is terrible.
Totally without foundation. Anyone who believes that ethnic diversity makes a society stronger is an ignorant fool.
It wasn’t necessary to do a costly massive study. It was obvious to anyone with a brain.
My favorite thing about that photo is the beer in his back pocket. The tub wasn’t enough, he had to get every single beer he could.
Uh, I maybe white, but I am not a “European.” The closest we have to “Europeans” in this hemisphere are the Argentineans.
When I took an honors sociology course in high school (back in the 80s), it was taught that a strong, cohesive community would be a homogeneous one. I wonder when this ‘diversity is a strength’ came into vogue. IIRC, it was first touted as a good thing for companies internally in terms of reaching new markers- which might be the case.
... which is, of course exactly what the libs want - when/what the 'diverse' community won't do for themselves, they wll rely on - and demand that - gubmint to do it for them.
The libs are msart enough to figure that one out, in their malicious way.
Michigan city could become first in U.S. under Muslim control
I'm sorry, but this just is not true.
What it does is create chaos and problems, not solve them.
Diversity of values is the human equivalent of entropy and does not help solve problems.
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