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HOZ · 01-14-2007, 07:54 PM

Here is a piece in the Globe and Mail by Margaret Wente.

Interesting quote:

He argues that official multiculturalism, with its emphasis on race and difference, only makes matters worse. "We glorify something that never should have been glorified," he says. "Multiculturalism means you're always thinking about somebody's skin colour. In Mumbai, people don't think, 'Oh, I have to be inclusive with this guy.' People think, 'How can I do business with him?' "

Mr. Thomas is also riled by the political ideology dispensed on every university campus -- the official narratives of Western wickedness and discrimination. "It's a kind of self-perpetuating victimhood, the sense that maybe we can't survive in the mainstream without special help." The last thing that immigrants and minorities need is special help. What they do need is "to be able to contribute, to make money, to do well."

01-14-2007, 07:54 PM	#29
HOZ Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Here is a piece in the Globe and Mail by Margaret Wente. Interesting quote: He argues that official multiculturalism, with its emphasis on race and difference, only makes matters worse. "We glorify something that never should have been glorified," he says. "Multiculturalism means you're always thinking about somebody's skin colour. In Mumbai, people don't think, 'Oh, I have to be inclusive with this guy.' People think, 'How can I do business with him?' " Mr. Thomas is also riled by the political ideology dispensed on every university campus -- the official narratives of Western wickedness and discrimination. "It's a kind of self-perpetuating victimhood, the sense that maybe we can't survive in the mainstream without special help." The last thing that immigrants and minorities need is special help. What they do need is "to be able to contribute, to make money, to do well."