> -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Is Diversity bad? > > Acording to Harvard University sociologist Robert Putnam there are > short term problems with making a community diverse. Having read his > paper, I disagree, I think the problems are long term based upon the > xenophobia intoduced in this country in the early 20th and late 19th > centuries. > > On that idea, I have to ask a few questions: > > Do you socialize with you neighbors who either can not or will not > speak your primary language in public?
Well - in Boston we socialized with my landlord well. He and his wife spoke primarily Italian but had enough English get along. Here (Scranton) we did talk our Mexican neighbors (he spoke English well, she not at all). Then they sold the place to some distant relatives and we never talk to them: they're pricks. So, in short: Yes, as long as they're not pricks. > Do you vote when the ballot is primarily issues that do not concern > your ethnic or socio-economic group? Lemme see... as a white, upper middle-class male when wouldn't I vote? ;^) > Do you volunteer in areas where the main beneficiaries are not of your > ethnic or socio-economic group? Used to. Now that I have kids I only volunteer for their stuff. PTA, science fair, ballet, soccer, basketball, swimming, etc - there's not much time left. > Do you feel you have a say in government when your representative is of > a different ethnic group than your own? Depends on the person. I've rarely felt that I have a say in government no matter who's in office. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240596 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
