Dan Minette schreef: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: What do you mean Dutch intolerance? > > > Dan Minette schreef: > And, it just so happens that the ethnic minorities are all just bad at > things? Lets look at job numbers per ethnic group from: > > http://www.pscw.uva.nl/imes/stats.htm#political > > Ethnic group > Basic Lower Average Higher Scholarly > Turks 28 46 19 6 1 > Moroccans 33 42 19 5 1 > Surinamese 14 36 33 12 4 > Antilleans 12 34 34 14 7 > Dutch 6 27 33 24 9 >
And research has also shown that this fenomenon is largely due to the lack of comprehension of the Dutch language (especially among older people or first generation immigrants) this is rather poorly. In respons the Dutch government started linguistic programs for ethnic groups. AFAIK it was apreciated by most whom it concerned. <sarcasm> Or maybe that was just evil propaganda... </sarcasm> Ethnic people who have a good comprehension of the Dutch language usually do very well in Dutch society. They have the means and the opportunity to do so just like any other inhabitant of this country. And unlike the average Dutch most of them don't take these opportunities for granted. This shows because most of them are highly motivated and great achievers (A personal observation when I tought class at Univeristy). I don't think it is any different from the US if you don't speak the language you don't get into the better paid jobs. Sonja
