1. Shaming language doesn’t work with me.
2. Islam is not a race.

The Arctic Bong: “On the contrary, Sweden has state sponsored multiculturalism as well, however societal pressure forces you to assimilate in order to get a job etc. I should know, I have lived there since birth.”

Interesting. What about those on government welfare? Do they assimilate as well? UK has a problem with “ghettoization” and from what I read about Sweden, I was under the impression that it also had a problem with low-no income immigrants clustering and not assimilating. Am I being misinformed?

Perhaps you’ve heard of Anjem Chaudhary (another Bong?) who feels entitled to UK government benefits (the dole) while openly speaking against the very country, culture and tax paying citizens that feed him.

Mack Daddy gets on TV alot and sure knows how to milk the system to promote his agenda.

See here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcCLf1LulX4

So – how’s it working out in Sweden? Bhalo or bhalo na?

I’m not Taz, so I can’t answer you question, but I find it curious you would phrase it in such a way. When examining history, it appears that the region now known as California was first occupied by Amerindian tribes for thousands of years, then briefly became occupied by a white-European majority for roughly 200 years, and now the majority is returning to people of Amerindian descent again, as it has always been. In the timeline of history, that white invasion is a blip on the radar, a brief pocket of time when a minority group displaced the indigenous population and then were quickly displaced again. If you were speaking of Europe, you might have a valid point here, but it makes no sense in regard to California.

This blog is meant to discuss cultural issues of the Desi community, and it seems to me that what you really want to discuss is the immigration and integration of non-white people into Western cultures. A lot of the stuff you say is relevant here, but I’m starting to think you might have a bigger audience on websites like Stormfront.org.

” I would go as far as to say that because Orange County is a minority majority now, these two incidences are a clear reflection of the fear felt by the now “minority” Whites. They are scared, and they are backlashing.”

Out of curiousity, are you for or against a majority population of any region of the world being displaced by a minority with whom they do not share a similar culture?

If so, why?

If not, why not?

• Thankyou for proving my exact point.

Alina M: “Well when I was in high school I used to babysit for a Muslim woman (Egyptian) who went to my family’s mosque, and her 7 year old daughter wore a hijab to school – I asked her why, and her reasoning was that she wanted to acclimate her daughter to wearing hijab in public from a young age, rather than have her start wearing it at age 13 or whatever.”

• Very telling, indeed. Thanks to you to for proving my point.

Now, can I get any answers as to just how much change of the American cultural fabric is “ok” with people here?

Afterall, Middle Eastern and South Asian Muslims immigrate here for a reason. Reasons that they can’t get fulfilled in their own countries where hijab is a cultural norm.

Does anyone think that a preponderance of hijabis in the US will change what’s attractive about this country to people around the world and to Americans ourselves?

Is the hijab isolated or does it come with it social and cultural values that could be beneficial or harmful to the US?

It’s kind of like how Hindus are made to feel like they have to explain themselves about the cows and the many armed Gods but White people don’t have to answer for their bizarre reverence towards dogs and cats.

Oh, I don’t know about that…every time my Grandma comes over, I have to explain why my dog gets to sleep in my room every night. At least we’re past the point where we would have to put him in the backyard when she comes over…

When the dominant cultural that gets sold around the world IS the Western one (and a more libertine version of it that even many Westerners are sometimes discomforted by) it does make the comparatively more stringent standard in Islamic countries seem “weird” or “otherized.” I figured the whole idea of the hijab being intended to avoid lustful gazes was more of a post hoc rationalization than anything else. It’s kind of like how Hindus are made to feel like they have to explain themselves about the cows and the many armed Gods but White people don’t have to answer for their bizarre reverence towards dogs and cats.