this makes me want to throw up.
Oct. 17th, 2010 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kalmnhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11559451
'Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
She said the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - including learning German.
The comments come amid rising anti-immigration feeling in Germany.
A recent survey suggested more than 30% of people believed the country was "overrun by foreigners".'
[...]
"He (the bbc correspondent) adds that there also seems to be a new strident tone in the country, perhaps leading to less reticence about no-go-areas of the past."
anyone unclear on what those no-go areas are? anyone?
'Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
She said the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - including learning German.
The comments come amid rising anti-immigration feeling in Germany.
A recent survey suggested more than 30% of people believed the country was "overrun by foreigners".'
[...]
"He (the bbc correspondent) adds that there also seems to be a new strident tone in the country, perhaps leading to less reticence about no-go-areas of the past."
anyone unclear on what those no-go areas are? anyone?
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Date: 2010-10-17 06:52 pm (UTC)You might appreciate this too:
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Date: 2010-10-17 07:10 pm (UTC)Wie haben deine Söhne dich zugerichtet
Daß du unter den Völkern sitzest
Ein Gespött oder eine Furcht! Bertolt Brecht, "Deutschland" (link to english translation)
Um, yeah, that's all I got.
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Date: 2010-10-17 08:07 pm (UTC)I was pretty mortified when (former) Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende was saying much the same in 2002/2003. But... wow.