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"xcept when the mainstream culture accepts no compromise and erases the assimilated one."

We are no longer talking about France there, then.
This is a country where, on the last "what is your favourite dish" study, couscous came out on top (despite a rather rich and diverse local cooking tradition), displacing gratin dauphinois.

As the husband of the daughter of a Moroccan man and a Laotian woman, I do spend quite some time within immigrants. They are quite assimilated, yet far from having had their identity erased.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 04:16:25 AM EST
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Yeah, but that's actual France, as opposed to the one Sarko (and especially the people he's trying to appeal to with this nonsense) would like to see ...
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 05:12:56 AM EST
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I do spend quite some time within immigrants

I'm hoping you meant to say "with immigrants" ...
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 05:25:58 AM EST
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"among immigrants"?

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 05:40:57 AM EST
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Er, yes, or rather I guess I was going to say "immigrant groups" and rather messed it up.
Among would have been the right word ;-)

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Jun 26th, 2009 at 02:58:18 AM EST
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