Not too long ago The New York Times gave us "Fake But Accurate.” This morning it gives us "second- and third-generation immigrants."
Reporting on the riots in France, the journal of record says:
France has been grappling for years with growing unrest among its second- and third-generation immigrants, mostly North African Arabs, who have faced decades of high unemployment and marginalization.And we all thought an immigrant was someone who leaves one country to settle permanently in another country. Well, that’s what comes from believing what you read in a dictionary.
Later in the story we're told:
The cultural divide between these second- and third-generation immigrants and the native French is deeper because they come from Muslim families, but to date the violence has had nothing to do with Islam.Hold on! I need help.
What's the difference between a second- or third-generation immigrant and a native-born French person? And why does the Times offer no evidence to support its claim that “the violence has had nothing to do with Islam?”
I'm going to contact some bloggers I respect and ask for their help. I'd like to hear from you, too.
I'm glad my parents, children of immigrants who thought they were Americans because they were born here, never lived to see this day.
5 comments:
I saw that too and emailed Craig Smith to point out that ridiculous statement.
I told him to do a google blog search on 'paris islam' and see what is the REAL problem.
The MSM is deceiving us.
Well, are they even citizens of France? I do not believe that most Euro countries have the same 'birth' laws as the US and Canada.
-AC
France- the country of peace(if only america would be more like france... baaaa...) having rioting?? I'm shocked!!!
The youths rioting mainly are French citizens. But they are ethnic Arab and/or Black Africans. Much of the rioting is similar to the rioting in South Central LA in 1992, or the rioting in many US cities in 1968.
But it seems it's worse in France, and that there is very little acceptance in French society for people who are not ethnic European.
you can't become "french" the same way you can become "american". they will never be french. what does it MEAN to be french, or british, or german, anyway? being or becoming an american is something unlike any other country in history.
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