As we are constantly reminded, America is becoming an ever-more diverse nation. Whites will be a minority by mid-century. Some perceive this to be an unalloyed good. But it appears that few proponents of affirmative action are prepared to consider the dangers of quotas in a multiethnic society. A survey of other nations’ experiences with this policy reveals sobering consequences. At best: social strife, inefficiency, endemic public corruption, and nepotism. At worst: tribalized violence and warfare.

In Malaysia, after the British colonial administration departed, the fledgling nation faced simmering ethnic tensions among native Malays (bumiputeras/“sons of the soil”) and overseas Chinese and Indians. After race riots and the balkanization of political parties along ethnic lines, the Malaysian government promulgated a vast quota system to boost the Malay majority. This system ranged from the customary university sinecures and public contract set-asides to reserved storefront spots in public spaces. The term “Ali Baba” there describes an arrangement wherein “Ali,” the native Malay, acts as a frontman for the actual Chinese/Indian business owner “Baba.” Despite state discrimination, the overseas Chinese and Indians remain far wealthier and better educated than native Malays.


India’s reticular caste system poses unique problems. Legions of ethnic groups seek categorization as “backwards classes.” Each locality has its own hierarchy of quotas. Despite its intricacy, government discrimination still produces tension and violence. In Maharashtra, the paramilitary Shiv Sena jealously guards ethnic spoils systems. Successful Bengalis in the state of Assam have encountered violence from aggrieved natives. Scions of the upper-castes have self-immolated protesting quotas that limit their opportunities. Many reserved spots for Dalits (“untouchables”) and other backwards classes either go unfilled—especially in high-skill occupations like engineering—or go to the “creamy layer” (i.e., the most advantaged members of putatively marginalized groups).

In Brazil, applicants for university and government jobs are boosted by Afro-Brazillian or pardo (brown) status. Inspection boards use detailed guidelines—including fine gradations of skin-tone and measurements of lip size, hair texture, skull shape, and nose width—to ferret out Europeans from those of genuine Indigenous and African descent (given the high rate of intermixing, this is a fraught endeavor). Desperate strivers blacken their skin or otherwise modify their appearance to gain an edge.

The Policy of Standardization in Sri Lanka contributed to a bloody civil war between Tamil and Sinhalese. Similarly in Nigeria, state-backed ethnic privileges propelled civil war and the short-lived state of Biafra. Now, the national constitution requires the composition of government to “reflect the federal character of Nigeria” in order to stave off future friction and ensure proportional representation. But, as one scholar puts it:

The postwar desire to prevent another secession generated a near obsessive ethnic micromanaging of national life—and created a nation that exists almost simply to share money and jobs. “Federal character” became the most controversial two words in Nigeria’s Constitution. An ethnic quota regulates almost every facet of public life: Admission to the government and the Civil Service, schools and universities, the military and the police is decided by regional origin.

And:

Rather than working as a glue for unity, the fixation on ethnic sharing of national opportunities and resources made Nigerians more aware of their ethnic differences. Resentment rose in parts of the country badly served by the quota system. The irony is plain: To prevent the recurrence of a war fought at least partly on ethnic lines… Nigeria’s rulers solidified ethnic identities.
https://quillette.com/2020/07/03/affirmative-action-in-a-multiethnic-nation/

so when are you farkln off back to that sh1thole you came from?

Frank wrote on Jul 25^th, 2020 at 5:22pm:



What part of my comment was  difficult for you to understand?

It goes without saying, that 'progression' and reward in any field of endeavour, absolutely needs to be based solely upon a persons merit and competence.


Dictionary;
merit = = excellence; worth.   an examination grade denoting above-average performance.



We should never allow important and 'demanding' tasks to given to incompetent, or corrupt persons.




Q.
If your child were taken into hospital, for emergency brain surgery....
....would you want your child's surgeon to have been employed/selected, based upon his/her competence in that specialist field ?

Or would it be OK for the surgeon [who would operate upon your child], to have been selected based upon some quota based system ?

A system which gave advancement in a hospitals surgical team, to a person [largely] because of the surgeon's minority ethnic status ?



IMO, the same principle must apply to all situations [for advancement] in our society.

Frank wrote on Jul 30^th, 2020 at 7:40pm:


And you know that Rome was one of the most diverse empires in classical antiquity - they granted citizenship to foreign nationalities and even had emperors and generals who weren't 'roman'.

The Achaemenid Empire was also very diverse and practised freedom of religion.

Setanta wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 8:13pm:


Absolutely they were. There were a myriad of cultures within the empire and they were quite tolerant of that diversity.

Setanta wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 1:04pm:


It was more like - accept Roman rule or die. Those who were of a different culture but accepted Roman rule were tolerated, but if they rose up against the state, then they were put down.

Multiculturalism - Fawlty Towers.

Auggie wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 6:47pm:


Sure it was accept Roman rule or die but if Rome accepted other cultures as well as you imagine, then there would still be Celtic cultures and religion in most of Europe or at least a memory of them. They'd pretty much disappeared from history. What do you know about the Dacians?

The problem is you are equating assimilating multiple people in their own countries as the same thing as multiculturalism as practiced today in western countries and they just aren't the same thing. What would Rome have done to the marchers of Islam that said behead the those who insult Islam/the prophet, etc? The BLM protesters with signs saying defund the Legions, burning and looting?

You know as well as I they would have ended up in the arena or on crosses. Other cultures were not respected, they were tolerated if they kept their heads down. You cannot use the Roman empire as an example of multiculturalism working an transpose that onto the modern world.

Setanta wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 10:32pm:


And you think that every non-Roman person throughout the empire was either killed or assimilated? Not even Rome controlled the actions of every citizen and every community throughout the empire.

Sure, some communities were almost wiped out - most so because they resisted Roman rule or got the bad end of gladius from zealous Roman soldiers and commanders.

The fact is that Rome controlled hundreds of territories with hundreds of different cultures for a sustained period of 200 years at least. There were non-Roman emperors and generals.

Rome was multi-cultural even more than the current state of these in the modern world. Rome didn't have the internet or fast transportation. If anything we are less multicultural now than the Romans were.

Frank wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 7:13pm:


He's right to a degree, Rome didn't give a stuff about regional cultures. It was multicultural but only in the sense they didn't care as long as you toed the line of Rome. Any cultural practice that was considered anti-Roman was killed off. Others were assimilated, Romanised. Rome had no care about culture at all except it's own. They did not expound the virtues of other cultures, except perhaps the Greeks. Any of those Auggie is mentioning from other regions embraced Roman culture, that's how they became what they were. One thing Romans didn't care about and would probably be an anathema to them is race.

This is nothing like what people in the modern world want to make from it. The Romans were brutal. The stuff we see in modern western democracies would have been dealt with harshly. BLM and behead those who insult he prophet would have ended up in the arena or on crosses.

Setanta wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 11:07pm:



Bad eggs they were - the lot of them.

Auggie wrote on Aug 7^th, 2020 at 5:39pm:


What's laughable is you thinking it could be any different. They are not exactly contemporaneous entities are they?

Auggie wrote on Aug 10^th, 2020 at 8:23pm:


Umm, so?

Quote:


What's laughable is you thinking it could be any different. They are not exactly contemporaneous entities are they?

I think you mean Eric Arthur Blair, Soren.  There was no one called "George Orwell".  Tsk, tsk.   

Frank wrote on Aug 11^th, 2020 at 1:41pm:


Touchy, touchy, poor, poor, Soren.  I had a bet that I could make you react unfavourably to even a minor correction.  Thanks.  You've given me a whole $1.  You're such a card.   

Auggie wrote on Aug 11^th, 2020 at 7:17pm:

That is really silly, ignorant waffle. The Arabs were not in North Africa until they conquered it in the 7th century.  Neither the ancient Egyptians nor the phoenicians were Arabs.

Elsewhere in the marching morons news.

The BLM grunts forced owners of  The Nordic Pinapple B&B to take down confederacy flag.   Except it's  the ... er... Norwegian flag. 'Nordic' was an insufficuent clue, as was the obviously different design of the flags.  When you are a baying, gruntic moron for BLM, facts do not count, only your emotions and ignorance do.

Johnnie wrote on Aug 16^th, 2020 at 7:00pm:

Not this instance, not any instance.

Social cohesion, social solidarity and 'diversity' are opposites.  Diversity is promoted relentlessly BECAUSE it fragments and divides. Divide and rule. Try saying no to a 'diversity' or 'white privilege' training session.

This social take-over is not going to be another velvet revolution. The collapse of the Soviet Union was a return to sanity. This is a turn to insanity. America has burnt every decade because of race. Now it's going to burn permanently. There is no peace and no 'we are all Americans' after this.

Johnnie wrote on Aug 16^th, 2020 at 8:03pm:



I can't see that. After 9/11, muslim immigration and the demand for borderless West and America went relentlessly up.
Now, Western civilisation itself is attacked in the name of diversity (newspeak for ideological confirmity).
There is simply NO unifying Western idea left uncontested and rejected in the name of progressivism (newspeak for shackling minds and spirits).

Western universalist humanist ideals are reject by grunting morons as merely white and patriarchal. Many of the grunting morons are professors, politicians, educators, government officials: they represent a lot of other morons. There is no silent najority opposing them, standing up to them. The so called silent majority is cowered.

I for one hope some learn what racism actually does...it just breeds more divide and hatred imo....sadly not everyone will be cured..but lets hope its gone a long way to telling the world   


we are aLL for the most part against pigheaded racism...

A businessman who grew up in Sydney has successfully sued his British wife for racial discrimination, saying she regarded Australians as “an inferior race”.

Duncan Bendall took Fiona and the company they set up ­together, the Female Social Network, to an employment tribunal after they separated, claiming he had been unfairly dismissed and discriminated against because of his “Australian mentality”.

An employment judge awarded him more than £100,000 ($180,500), accepting that there had been discrimination on grounds of race, but not gender (phew!!!)
Mr and Ms Bendall set up the Female Social Network in 2016, their second joint business ­venture, while living in Sydney.

At its UK launch in June last year — after the couple had ­returned to London — the couple were pictured with Sarah, Duchess of York. As their 19-year marriage broke down, however, Mr Bendall was victimised by his wife and his contributions to the company were erased, Central London ­Employment Tribunal was told.

He claimed the board forced through a shift in the share holdings, from 50-50 to 51-49 in favour of Ms Bendall in order to market the company as female-owned. “Fiona told them (the board) that I would be compliant as long as the investment comes in,” Mr Bendall said. “I believe the optics were not as good as introducing a male founder to prospective investors, especially one as a plain-talking Australian, compared to an English woman.”

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Mr Bendall alleged that he was verbally abused and given only 12 hours to object to the proposal when he was in Australia on Anzac Day. In one email to her husband Ms Bendall wrote: “I hate Australian mentality and you have it (in) droves … And DO NOT say you are a founder in MY business MY efforts ever again You Leech.”

Mr Bendall said he discovered in August last year that staff had packed his personal belongings and he was told to leave the family home, which was also the London office for the company. He said that this merging of work and family life had put a strain on their ­relationship, especially when the company’s culture encouraged employees to drink at their house from 4.30pm.

He added: “Fiona had an ­almost exclusively female team — there was one male who worked as a sales intern — and they got into the habit of staying up late drinking excessive amounts of alcohol in the family home. Many of the colleagues were smokers and used to stand outside the house smoking directly under the bedroom window of my and Fiona’s 15-year-old daughter. This used to distress me and I would ask them to stop.”

It was one of these altercations that was used as a reason for his dismissal, the tribunal heard. Mr Bendall added: “She kept treating Australia as an inferior race, despite living there for 15 years.”

The marching through the institutions by the left is continuing unabated. Universities, government departments, large corporations are as woke as ever and the genuflecting to vacuous, progressive pieties goes on unabated.

ScoMo is indistinguishable from a Labor PM, Boris is like May, apart from Brexit, illegal immigration into Britain is increasing, BLM tearing down of statuses is rampant in the UK and US, Canada.  There is nothing much conservative happening when a conservative party is in office - not least because they are not really in power, only in office. The crazy stuff slows down a little bit but never stops and is never reversed.

Diversity - where nations go to die.

Having a large number of third worlders who do not speak English and who are illiterate in their OWN language is what Australia has been really needing to (ahem) strengthen it.  What a disgraceful farce. pay attention to the language they use. Ridicullous- except it's not a parody.






Asked whether there was a demographic trend among those in Casey with the virus, Professor Sutton said: “Yeah, there is. These are multicultural community members.”

“It’s not different to how it’s been for our second wave in large part, and again, this is linked to the high risk workplaces in lots of ways, so it’s a community that are a priority for engagement, they’re a priority for testing for us.  They do the right thing but they have some vulnerabilities in terms of where they’re needing to work and how they’re needing to work.”

Professor Sutton said he believed the message was getting through.  “I think it’s getting through well. I’ve made an offer to personally speak to that community, having been to Afghanistan a couple of times over the years, I want to be able to reflect on my cultural experiences and the fact I know that there are universal motivations that every family has to do the right thing to protect their own families and the wider community,” he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-australia-live-news-virgin-t...

How many satellite dishes per infected 'multicultural community member"?

The racial and cultural diversity policy has proven to be a disaster during this pandemic in Australia.

Frank wrote on Sep 21^st, 2020 at 8:36pm:

It took a pandemic to open a few peoples eyes.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 21^st, 2020 at 9:15pm:

I hope it teaches our politicians a lesson and reevaluate their crazy in cahoots immigration policy.

History's greatest civilizations have been both ethnically and religiously diverse.

Auggie wrote on Sep 21^st, 2020 at 9:46pm:



Nonsense.

Ancient Egypt, Greece, China, Renaissance Italy, France, Victorian Britain.

Auggie wrote on Sep 30^th, 2020 at 8:07pm:

Utter BS.  Having different people under one rule does NOT mean that they all have equal say, influence, consideration.  The dominant culture that tolerates them is still THE culture and it's toleration is still a cultural gesture.

Diversity of practice is possible ONLY when there is a dominant culture that is civilised enough to tolerate lesser creeds.  The gruesome ideologies of the world do not tolerate diversity - communists, Muslims, psycho trannies, Dems,  progs, antifa, BLM etc.

Auggie wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 8:50pm:

So assimilation is good, unassimilated 'diversity' is bad.
Assimilate culturally and nobody will care about your race. Claim special dispensation to be exempt from assimilation - wace, religion, homosexuality,   fondness for head shrinking or bones through your nose - and you are an unassimilated segregationalist.

Thank you for flying Exorcism Airlines... er....bitch.

https://mobile.twitter.com/fred035schultz/status/1312108941392801793
 

Ethnic identity and national identity are two principles that have always sat uncomfortably together in my life. I was born and raised in England, and yet my surname has a suspiciously Mediterranean ring to it. If Morello is English, it is English like Rossetti or Disraeli, not like Browning or Thatcher. My great-grandfather, Juan-Battista Morello was a Gibraltarian merchant of Italian, probably Sicilian, ancestry. He came to England at the end of the 19th century and married a woman of Welsh heritage named Mary Davies. Their son, my grandfather, whose name was Carlo Arturo — though he would only be known as Charles Arthur — married a woman the ancestry of whom is unknown, for she refused to speak of her family, childhood or upbringing.

Their son — my father — married Yvette Mazierski, the daughter of an English woman and a World War II refugee from Poland. Their son married a Romanian immigrant. I live in Bedfordshire with my wife and half-Romanian children, permanently perplexed for I understand only half of everything said in my home. I love my family, but if we were dogs we couldn’t be shown at Crufts. This is my ethnic identity. And yet, were you to ask me of my national identity, I would tell you that I am English, and not only English, but intensely English. I love this land, its people, its countryside, its customs and traditions, its pubs with their refreshingly tepid beer, its ancient institutions and tacitly settled way of life — all that we used to call a constitution before the 18th century ruined the word. The personal tension I have felt between national and ethnic identity is, I believe, based on a mistake.

https://europeanconservative.com/2021/01/patriotism-national-identity/

Multicultural enrichment (with subtitles)

https://www.smh.com.au/national/one-boss-punches-a-student-for-demanding-her-10-...


Diversity is where nations go to die.

Majority of Australians in favour of multiculturalism but also integration, survey finds

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 4:12pm:

BULLSHIT

Johnnie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 6:30pm:


Really? And your evidence to disprove what it says, is, what exactly?   

Johnnie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 7:06pm:


And why would "Asians" (which covers a huge disparity of "races" and cultures) be undesirable?  You are suggesting a Racist viewpoint as being valid, which it isn't.   

Johnnie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 8:01pm:


Actually, they don't.  More over there are more "Asians" than just Chinese.  You are calling for everybody from Turks through to Japanese and from Siberian through to Sri Lankans to be banned.   Chinese are just one nationality and even amongst that group there are over 200 recognised ethnicities.   

Setanta wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 9:11pm:

The majority of the nation we know today as Turkey is on the eastern side of the Bosphorus straits.  That is the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia.  Turks are therefore considered "Asian" by geographers.   

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 9:40pm:


Oh well done Brian. So when we are talking "Asians" we are talking people from Turkey too now. You do know that weakens your racism card whenever Asian is mentioned. You just can't help yourself.

Johnnie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 9:48pm:


Why?  What is supposedly superior about blonde women as against Asian women?   

rhino wrote on Feb 5^th, 2021 at 12:34am:


Does that mean Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians aren't allowed to migrate to Australia?  Afterall, they both practice that... 

Dnarever wrote on Feb 4^th, 2021 at 6:45pm:

Being a mindless duck, you propose that a Norwegian is no different to a Burmese, a Swiss is just like a Somali and the whole world if homogeneous and there are NO differences between peoples - or at least no differences between peoples should be noticed.

Duck. Stupid.

Frank wrote on Feb 5^th, 2021 at 5:37pm:


Genetically, there is little to no difference between the various groups you name, Soren.  So, it appears that you are the stupid one here but hey, that isn't unusual for you, now is it?  Tsk, tsk. 

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 7^th, 2021 at 2:38pm:

Like what, Bbwian?  What's  that 'far more' you have no idea about?

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 12^th, 2021 at 1:57pm:



So civilisations are products of genetics, Dr Mengele? Genetics must be responsible for European Enlightenment and Aboriginal Stone Age stagnation, Dr Mengele.

This is so stupid, it MUST be your own idea. bbwian.


Your stupidity is fathomless. Just when we think you can't be any more idiotic, you top it with shite no well-adjusted person could even think of.  But you have it all up your sleeve, bbwian. You are the cornucopia of stupid - the inexhaustible horn of plenty of eyewatering, arse-seeping (that's your son's, gweggy's influence on you) idiocy.


Tell us more, Bbwian, keep talking, let's hear your mind.