----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Death of the West (L3ish)
> > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > I wrote > >> > >>But this is what assimilation encourages. > >> > >> > > I dont think that is necessarily true. It may not be true at all. > > I know plenty of people who have fully assimilated mainstream American > > culture who still celebrate Mexican holidays and practice Mexican > > traditions. Add to that that I also know some Americans (anglo types) who > > celebrate along with them. > > > I said _encourages_, not accomplishes. > > > > > > I think in the most reactionary extremes of the multiculturalist movement, > > there is the idea that things shouldnt change or that change is bad. > > Change is inevitable. > > > > Very much so. The multiculturalism I envision preserves as much diversity as possible. > At this point your beliefs sound much milder to me than they did at first. I have no problem with multiculturalism that is not and end, but a means to assimilation. In other words the dominant culture not only assimilates, but is assimilated at the same time. In this way new cultures add to what it means to be American. I still hold that we need to have a common language. For many reasons. xponent rob
