Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The New York Times Catches Up With the American Conservative:


Steve Sailer Jan 2007:
January 15, 2007 Issue
Copyright © 2007 The American Conservative

Fragmented Future

Multiculturalism doesn’t make vibrant communities but defensive ones.:
In the presence of [ethnic] diversity, we hunker down. We act like turtles. The effect of diversity is worse than had been imagined. And it’s not just that we don’t trust people who are not like us. In diverse communities, we don’t trust people who do look like us.

—Harvard professor Robert D. Putnam



The New York times chimes in six months later::

Home Alone
By ERICA GOODE

For decades, students of American society have offered dueling theories about how encountering racial and ethnic diversity affects the way we live. One says that simple contact — being tossed into a stew of different cultures, values, languages and styles of dress — is likely to nourish tolerance and trust. Familiarity, in this view, trumps insularity. Others argue that just throwing people together is rarely enough to breed solidarity: when diversity increases, they assert, people tend to stick to their own groups and distrust those who are different from them.

But what if diversity had an even more complex and pervasive effect? What if, at least in the short term, living in a highly diverse city or town led residents to distrust pretty much everybody, even people who looked like them? What if it made people withdraw into themselves, form fewer close friendships, feel unhappy and powerless and stay home watching television in the evening instead of attending a neighborhood barbecue or joining a community project?
So its finally dawning on the New York Times -and since it's 'news' to New York Times readers:: Multiculturalism is yet another liberal utopia scheme that is a massive, massive failure - a bigger failure than Neoconservative's 'democracy is a pancea' utopian scheme- the only lingering and disturbing question is can its effects and policies be stopped - or is the toothpaste out of the tube.

Europe is already considering massive repatriotation programs...we're considering amnesty.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

And you keep going and going with your hate and resentment.
All those ones like you who live in a box, far from the real world, far from the real needs of human beings in this planet nowadays would need to look into their hearts.
If you'l have the chance to see a little further than your own selfish anti multiculturalism wishes you would realize that when it comes to life itself,death do not choose race or culture or age or color, and when it comes to basic needs, we all need the same.
Millons die everyday and many of them in your own so beloved country and what are you doing about it?
Did you moved a finger to volunteer when Sep.11? went to a hospital to help? went to Groundzero? no right, well, I did and Iam an inmigrant and there were many like me.
When Katrina devastated thousands did you went there? move a finger for your own people ?oh! may be because there was a large mayority of poor black people you don't consider them your people?
I am an immigrant and I did and many like me did too.
It was about saving lives,no colors, no cultures,but something superior to all those stupid human conditions.
Let me explain you something, arround the world, in the refugees camps,doctors,and al kind of volunteers work together in the biggest multiculturalism you can imagine,and they work together to keep LIFE alive,and we don't ask each other where are you from? when a baby die in your arms it doesn't matter where is he from, is another human being who died.
Shame on you because your ingnorance not only block your thoughts,but it also blocks your actions use your blog and your medium size intelligence for something more constructive.!

The KnickerBlogger said...

1. Regarding sept 11. Yes. and i volunteer plenty of my time and money to various environmental preservation and humanitarians causes.
2. That youare a productive immigrant has NOTHING to do with story. Nor do your baseless (and frankly, tiresome) playing the race card.

So what IS the point of the story? The point of the story is common sense -common culture used to exist in countries because common culture creates trust - it is the basis of society - the idea that a country like the US or Britian can be a hodgpodge of people speaking different langauges and having nothing in common flies in the face of common sense, and now, reality.

As while you're so busy expressing concern for other people (i know that white anglo saxons 'deserve' to be punished -that is the motivation behind mass immigration ) what about the sky rocketing violent crime and rape increases that are a direct result of mass immigration -what about the destruction of ancient peoples and cultures - like the English, the Irish and Scottish whose socities are being INTENTIONALLY destroyed by multiculturalists who see coheseive societies as a threat to their agenedas.

And last, but not least, what about the quality of life in the US? The population is increasing one million a year thanks to mass immigraiton -that means that its more expensive for people to buy houses, there's less land for farming, for wildlife, for life - the population was 265 million in 1985 - now its 300 million how long can that rate keep up? ANd do you see why I don't care if you call me names in light of this fact.

concerning rape here is a stat you cannot refute - Mass immigration has caused a massive increase in rape in European countries -how can you dare advocate such a policy? the link is below.

Oslo rape statistics shock - Two out of three charged with rape in Norway's capital are immigrants with a non-western background according to a police study ...
www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article190268.ece

Anonymous said...

well dear, your ancestors rape their slaves right?how can you dare to forget that? and they rape everything they wanted to, yes, everything!from women to cows,everything so what's new?
When this country was colonized there were several different languages and cultures living together so your point has no point.
"i know that white anglo saxons 'deserve' to be punished -that is the motivation behind mass immigration "
as I told you ones,you punished yourself,you did it first, you got it later.KARMA.

Population is growing arround the world and is not because of massive immigration,you read pappers,I go arround the world, I see it with my own eyes.
Sexual prevention and education would help A LOT HERE,it works in Africa it could work here.
You can't say nothing about giving names, you called me stupid and you called others stupids and you called other "feminists" in your emotional immaturity is "with me or against me"no wonder why you like those little Indian dolls who HAVE to get married to whoever their families want.
I work for a world where people can be happy and free,frontiers are just imaginary lines,and there is enough space for all of us.
Exactly what you don't want to share will be taken away from you.
Is called boomerang, is called KARMA.
and if you don't believe me,look arround you is happening right now.

The KnickerBlogger said...

Borders are imaginary lines? Lets start with your home. Lets just open the door and let anyone come in who wants to. When you do that, I will take your arguments seriously.

You are simple incorrect about population growth in the US - without mass immigration we would have a stable population.

And the fact that you've just told me that well, anything is 'working' in Africa shows me just how much you're avoiding reality.

"Indian dolls" now who's being prejudiced? WHich is it, am a racist or someone who likes "Indian dolls'. And of course, it is as most of your post, a grossly inaccurate statement.

Karma? so you are saying anglosaxons- deserve to be punished, well thank you for at least being honest. Never mind we are the ones who abolished slavery which existed all over the world (and in fact saxons were enslaved by Romans ) So why do you want to come to an anglo saxon country oh don't bother telling me -because we run our countries better than you run yours.

But your attitude is telling. A generation ago an immigrant would be grateful and wouldn't even consider coming and lecturing Americans about their shortcomings. I wouldn't think - even on a visit - to do that in any country . I think it is because you think we are pushovers and can be guilt tripped - well that's coming to an end, my friend our basic trust has been abused enough and our patience is coming to an end. Keep that in mind.

Anonymous said...

The world patience is coming to an end with you,that's the real story.
American turists are hated all over the globe.
Of course speaking only one language you loose it.
But I travel,far more than you and I speak more that 3 so I understand when they talk and what they say.
what you said about lecturing an American is like saying that a wife can't lecture her husband ...why? isn't she a part in fact half part of that whole union?
When an immigrant has legal rights and pay her taxes and contribute with a community,along with his/her duties has granted rights, and critizing is a right,specially when you do something to improve the quality of life of the community were you live -as I DO-
I didn't said that "anything" is working in Africa, I was talking about sexual education.
The American way of using people like laboratory rats with new drugs didn't work,but the efforts of many good will and big heart of many many american doctors and volunteers does.
And was honored to work with them.
There's wonderful loving people here,and is here, and everywhere.
You have a serious problem,a sad one for someone with a decent IQ like you seems to have.
Unfortunatly your IQ doesn't help your soul to evolve,so you have a blog...
at least your resentment stays in a cyber space.