Equality and Community Integration
08-June-2006
permalink comments (2) forum (2) email this‘Britain is a highly integrated country. But integration has to be for a purpose. Unless we’re moving towards equality, then it’s all pretty meaningless. When we have equality, integration will take care of itself’…… (Gary Younge).
Radical Journalist Gary Younge talks about his latest book “Stranger In A Strange Land: Encounters In The Disunited States”. This book is divided into four sections –war, race, politics and culture. The overarching theme is division. The book talks about how divided US really is. Gary explained how….” the era of former US president Bill Clinton ended with one of the closest elections that we can remember- one that George Bush had to steal in the end. So Bush, and the way that he came to power, was an expression of division. When Hurricane Katrina landed, another clear division that came out if it is Race.
Black, opinionated, and from a working-class background, Gary Younge is not your typical foreign correspondent. Yet, in three years as The Guardian newspaper's New York correspondent, Younge has acquired a transatlantic reputation as one of the most thoughtful commentators on contemporary America. (Book description on Amazon)
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1 Stranger in a strange land...
Agree so much on view that imbalance between integration/cohesion and equality. Quote that always stays with me is 'Diversity without equality = oppresion' (Weinberg)
title fascinating stuff and yes I guess for many exactly how they feel. I feel the balancing impact of the words 'stranger in a strange land...' is powerful in illustrating that it is a joint process - state/person - in finding common ground and not I feel this assimulation push..
Glenn, 09-June-2006 01:47:32
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2 Community Cohesion
Just a thought - self organising cluster identifed by Ted Cantell in his recent book on Community cohesion related issues. micro cluster natural and should be worked with rather than labeling getto's...Glenn, 09-June-2006 12:24:21
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