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Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]
This is such a heated issue. But a question needs to be asked. Do Poles that immigrate form their own communities (ghetto's), do they learn the language- and everything else you mentioned?
Yes- they have Polish ghetto's, they set up their own communities and maintain the culture and language of the mother land.
My husband was a Polish immigrant to Canada- his parents still live there. They speak English, contribute to society yet maintain their Polish culture and identity and have all Polish friends.
My daughters best friend is Vietnamese born in Poland. Is she Polish? Well the citizens here would say no- she has obvious physical features that don't allow her to truly assimilate. She was born here, speaks perfect Polish- she is not Polish.
Vietnamese, generally speaking, come to Poland to work. They don't come here to milk the system- they are extremely hard workers and have a dedication to family.
In my opinion, multiculturalism in Europe doesn't fly. In North America it works because everybody has come from somewhere else. In Germany, for example, the Turkish people have come and set up ghettos. They have a different work ethic than Germans and are resented for it. Not to mention the obvious physical differences. However, eastern Europeans that immigrate to Germany tend to do better because they learn the language and they are white. My husbands cousin lives in Berlin- her family has never had a problem but they have truly assimilated - they do keep the Polish language and culture at home, however.
My opinion - immigrants that come to Poland should learn the language- do they have to give up their native culture- I don't believe so. The Polish general population would never accept that a Vietnamese girl born is Poland is a true Pole because of obvious physical differences- this I have seen for myself.
As for ghetto's being set up- it is human nature to want to be next to those that are similar to yourself- it happens all over the world and from culture to culture, I don't think this can be changed.
