(May 25, 2014 at 4:57 am)Napoléon Wrote: The problems occur however when foreigners come to countries to live and make no attempt whatsoever to adapt to their new surroundings.
The amount of pearl clutching here is ludicrous.
When people immigrate, they don't magically take on attributes of the local culture. Doubly so when surrounded by other immigrants of similar origin.
I've been able to integrate while touring through careful observation and knowledge of the areas history.
And I have no idea how you can port that behavior to others:
1. Most people are not observant.
2. Most people do not like to learn for a variety of reasons.
Why do people immigrate? Most of the time it is for economic reasons.
I live in a super white enclave and the sheer self unawareness displayed in this thread is amazing - I've seen more balanced responses where I live.
Bemoaning an immigrant collective for not integrating (seriously - how easy is it to learn another language, culture and history?) is like bitching how your neighbor doesn't agree with your politics
It happens.
Want to change it?
Come up with incentives or ease the transition to your local culture, history, language.
Don't want to pay for that?
Then go fuck yourself - you'll at least be more productive.
Solutions matter. So present them.
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