(dual.)We helped the Hmong permanently settle in the States. Are you thinking something along those lines? If not, then——?
From the Kurdish point of view, it must look strange. We’re fine making war with ISIS and the reward the Kurds get for fighting on our side is: we are a peace-loving nation and have decided to stop fighting at this time. You’re on your own with the Kurds.
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Why does everyone think that migrating a group like the Hmong or the Kurds (or Syrians or Guatemalans for that matter) to the US is a good thing? It is a surefire way to wipe out a culture permanently, which I don't view as a good thing. Neither is uprooting an entire population from the land they've lived in for centuries.
WiseOne, I was just asking Simonjester if that was one of the things he had in mind.
Do you think Hmong culture has been “wiped out permanently”? From what I know about them (casual interview with someone who lived with them and studied them), they have been quite slow to assimilate. Which invites its own criticisms- but they’re alive.
My own 2¢ for what it’s worth: I’m not advocating kidnapping the Kurds, or any population, and forcibly moving them to the States, wholesale. I would be in favor of fast-tracking immigration for those Kurds who want it. They’ve earned it. I know someone who lied about being a refugee to get “asylum” in the U.S. from China. I’d rather have the Kurds. No interview required.WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 8:11 am Yes, I'm sure that my being against uprooting an entire population and transplanting them to the US would have me labeled as a "racist" in a heartbeat. It's ridiculous how that narrative is trotted out for just about everything immigration-related.
Another way that the idea of population transplants rubs me the wrong way: there's a hidden undercurrent of Western Superiority Syndrome in it. i.e. of course the Kurds would be better off in the US because their culture and the land they live in now are not up to our high standards. If anything, THAT attitude should be labeled as racist.
It would be nice to have Kurdistan, and at one point, I thought it was going to be carved out of Iraq. Hey, it would be nice to have an independent Palestine. The chance for either is looking slim.
As you defined it, transplanting an *entire* ethnic group does or can appear racist if the idea behind it is that Western culture is superior, with our Burger King and our Kim Kardashian. Personally, I was thinking more along the lines of, they won’t be slaughtered by Erdogan’s armed forces while we dream about Kurdistan.