Thursday, April 27, 2006

New Germans : Multicultural hysterics / Economist, 20 Apr 2006

http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_GRPSTRN
Hardly a day now passes without a new proposal to address the cultural and social problem of integrating migrants. On the left, people want to get rid of the Hauptschule, the bottom layer of a widespread selective secondary school system. On the right, there have been calls to punish youths whose behaviour shows they are not willing to integrate—by expelling them from school or even sending them to a “taster jail”. Chancellor Angela Merkel will soon convene an “integration summit” to air these and other ideas. " [Sub Required]