This NPR story about the anti-immigrant backlash in Denmark is pretty interesting. How you feel about it, well, that would depend on your perspective. I see no alternative to Danish “tough love” myself. A brown-skinned immigrant I am you say? Well yes, true that. But, aside from the non-trivial point that my loyalty lay with the traditions of the West (and that includes some irrational ones I suppose), I am of the opinion that assimilationism needs to be kick-started and I reject strongly Western cultural flaccidity that has been spawned by multiculturalism. Yes, racism is bad, I’ve experienced it, but there is a world filled with billions of brown faces who would accept me if it got too bad here (assuming I bowed to the right Gods and what not, not all brown people are alike!). I like to keep my options open and maintain diversity. No reason Denmark needs to turn into Dhaka, Dhaka will still be there.
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