the Centrist

The explanation that the riots in France are caused solely by economic hardship and or French bigotry is incomplete. Folks, what we have here is a failure to appease. The left, led by France, has done everything in their power to appease both those crossing their borders, legally and illegally, and in an effort of ultimate Political Correctness neglected to naturalize, or ‘impose’ their history, customs, and values onto these immigrants. If you add to that caldron the radical jehad, you have the ingredients for the next French Revolution.
First who are these guys? They are, for the most part, disadvantaged 2nd generation Islamic immigrants. The unrest began when two Muslim youths were accidently electrocuted. Most sources add they were being pursued by the police. The problem, although it may be developing into an opportunistic jihad, did not start in that manner. The trouble started with the ideology of the left and its foundation in humanism which has evolved into Political Correctness. When one champions the idea that all humans, except Westerners, are ‘good’ they ignore the obvious … wars, murders, robberies, rapes, anarchy, etc. occur in all societies. Savages did not get their name for their Western characteristics. A more practical philosophy would be that proper education and environment can bring the best out in most humans. This is why naturalization was effective in America and helped to create its melting pot. In France, not unlike America’s immigration policy of late, the borders are basically open and Muslim populations from Arab and African countries are allowed into France to do the ‘job the French are unwilling to do’. Sound familiar? While the French laws favored the acceptance of these people, the people were never patronized … naturalized. Much of the rational for that bigotry is that they have kept their languages and customs … thus, have never been assimilated into the culture. This can be laid directly at the feet of the Politically Correct redacted education taught these youths. If you teach children only the negative aspect of a society … they not only believe it, they act on it. This aspect of the Western education, taught on both sides of the pond, emphasizes the negative view of all things Western. Whether it is the crusades, slavery, or women’s rights both our and their children have been taught only one side of the story … that which can be listed as ‘Politically Correct’. Moreover, this is significantly accentuated at university. Comparative history is no longer taught and viewed as bigoted. Yet, if students were taught the same facts with the foundation that ‘this is what America or France has done wrong and learned from’, then compared that to world wide societies which do not enjoy our freedoms, an appreciation for their new society and nation would ensue. Without naturalization this scenario is highly unlikely. Therefore, today’s second generation immigrants, in both America and Europe, hold a greater allegiance to their native land, culture, and religion, than to their land of immigration. Compare that with my father’s generation. In World War II Italy was part of the Axis Powers. Both my and my wife’s family were second generation Italian and although both had great pride in our heritage, neither held allegiance to that nation of origin. My father-in-law, as well as uncles, cousins, etc. fought against Italy because they were Americans of Italian decent, not Italians living in America. Their was no second language in public schools or shopping centers, immigrants were driven by convenience to adapt to their new society. Their children were taught the great things about the new nation they had chosen, not only its dark side … and make no mistake every nation and culture has a dark side. So within one generation, although bigotry existed, Italian Americans became Americans with Italian heritage.
Therefore, I contend, that immigrants who have never been assimilated into their adopted nation have no allegiance to that nation. According to Joyce Howard Price of the “Washington Times” quoting Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research for the Center for Immigration Studies: “A recent report released by the Pew Hispanic Research Center showed that Hispanics … accounted for a 68 percent share in the growth of the nation’s “poverty population” between 1990 and 2000 … In the first four years of the 21st century, the combination of immigration and births to immigrants accounted for more than 80 percent of the U.S. population growth.” That is extremely alarming and the very same problem which France imported and ignored merely one generation ago. America would be wise to conclude something which apparently escaped the Politically Correct French: naturalization is a necessary ingredient for the assimilation of immigrants into a society.