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Baraka_Guru · 10-22-2010, 07:32 AM

To be fair, if you look at "multikulti" compared to what we view as "multiculturalism" in Canada, the former is a bit of a misnomer. It's true, hiredgun, the guest workers in Germany weren't expected to integrate. I think there were even measures barring/hindering them from doing so. They were guests. They were expected to leave when their contracts expired, but since they were filling jobs that Germans wouldn't, Germans lobbied to keep them.

The segment of Turks in particular became indifferent to the whole process of integration even when, more recently, it became a possibility. Of course they're not integrated.

On the other hand, in Canada, over 80% of immigrants become citizens every year. We also have an emphasis on learning English or French. However, we also encourage people to maintain their cultural heritage. Multikulti and Canadian multiculturalism are two different things. So-called "multikulti" was basically "we need workers, so lets bring some in."

10-22-2010, 07:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	To be fair, if you look at "multikulti" compared to what we view as "multiculturalism" in Canada, the former is a bit of a misnomer. It's true, hiredgun, the guest workers in Germany weren't expected to integrate. I think there were even measures barring/hindering them from doing so. They were guests. They were expected to leave when their contracts expired, but since they were filling jobs that Germans wouldn't, Germans lobbied to keep them. The segment of Turks in particular became indifferent to the whole process of integration even when, more recently, it became a possibility. Of course they're not integrated. On the other hand, in Canada, over 80% of immigrants become citizens every year. We also have an emphasis on learning English or French. However, we also encourage people to maintain their cultural heritage. Multikulti and Canadian multiculturalism are two different things. So-called "multikulti" was basically "we need workers, so lets bring some in." __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-22-2010 at 07:39 AM..