Of all the impressions Somalis have made from Minneapolis to the horn of Africa, a new description has become appropriate — grinch.
Yep, Somali parents in Minnesota demanded that their kids not experience Santa Claus, so his annual visit to a Head Start class in the town of St Peter has been canceled. The Islamic complaints [...]
Last July, the “odd couple” duo of Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam and retired Florida Governor Jeb Bush co-wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post, condemning Americans for a lack of generosity toward immigrants and aliens (see my blog, An Independence Day Complaint-Fest from Elite Cosmopolitans). Now they are back with the message that mass [...]
It used to be the case that an evening at the symphony or opera was a welcome respite from the daily onslaught of diversity propaganda. Sadly, the oasis of Western culture that classical music affords is slipping away also.
One example is the San Francisco Symphony’s yearly celebration of Mexican culture, including mariachi music and Day [...]
Tribal representatives of immigrants commonly have their sensitivity meters set on High to detect any possible insult to their culture. A recent complaint comes from Indians residing in America who have a history of insisting on their specialness. (See my 2007 article, Dogs, Frogs and Dalits: The Indian Model Minority Has a Dark Side, for [...]
In 2007, I blogged about a community where improvement-minded leaders complained that their town was not sufficiently diverse: Social Engineering in Green Bay and Beyond. At that time, a mere 20 percent of residents were non-white — how embarrassing.
But now, annoying national tradition is falling away to be replaced by a more properly globalist identity [...]
Animal lovers of south Florida have been sickened over the last couple years about the cruel slaughter of horses by strangers in the night. Families were shocked to find beloved family pets with their throats slit and cut into pieces.
The motive is money: the immigrants of the area — largely Cubans but also Haitians and [...]
In the New York borough of Staten Island, Mexicans residing there now complain about attacks by black assailants, who must not have received the memo that diversity is our strength.
Interestingly, the Associated Press story has a semi-explanatory headline, and the race of the accused perps doesn’t occur until the third paragraph.
A little further along, the [...]
Refugees: they bring culture as well as diversity, so let’s celebrate! That seems to be the loony script for a local Minneapolis puff piece on what must be a slow news day.
World Refugee Day in Minnesota, Fox 9 News, June 5, 2010
The weather didn’t dampen a big gathering of international refugees in Minneapolis on Saturday. [...]
San Francisco is facing a budget deficit of $483 million in the next fiscal year, so it has been trying to tighten up on the many fare cheats who ride the city’s buses without paying.
For the last little while, authorities for Muni (aka Municipal Transportation Agency) sent around groups of officers to ticket the scofflaws [...]