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Originally Posted by HOZ
Well I will say this about the Americans, for all their warts. For vast majority, when an immigrant becomes an American they say, " I came from XXXXXXX but I AM AN AMERICAN!" No hyphen
Whereas in Canada we have second/ third generation "Hypenned"- Canadians. And the emphasis is on the hyphen.
I always feel that something that emphasizes and promotes difference and separation is not a good tool to bring people together. For some reason a lot pf people believe multiculturalism = immigration. It doesn't and never has.
That said the Germans discussion on the topic comes about because of a certain "group" that has had trouble integrating into numerous western societies.
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Which certain group are we talking about here? I thought with Germany they now have the largest Turkish population outside of Turkey. There were large scale immigrations from Turkey in the 60s and many of those immigrants thought it would have been temporary. Turkish is now the second language of Germany. Though they don't seem to be integrating too well...not many Turks have citizenship either even years after arriving.