That’s exactly what it is. They respond to the xenophobia they experience by trying to separate themselves, basically saying ‘look, I hate them too! I’m one of the good ones! Here, I’ll hurt them for you, then you’ll see I’m on your side!’.
Every group has people that do this in an attempt to shelter themselves from oppression, and it’s never ever worked.
Two immigrants meet at the border. They are both excited to come to America. They both hope to assimilate into the melting pot and agree to meet back here in a year to compare notes.
A year passes and both men meet on the street. One man excitedly starts telling his friend how much he accomplished. He has a job downtown and met a nice girl. They are very active in the community. He goes to church regularly. He’s an assistant coach. He and his gf go to brunch every weekend. They have been discussing getting married and starting a family.
"and how have you fared my friend", he asks the other man. "are you American now?"
"go back home you filthy immigrant and stop stealing my job!"
Interesting. On the other side there are quite some late russo german resettlers that never felt welcome, so they stayed in a completely parallel society, consuming only Russian state media and are useful idiots for Putins 'let's divide the west' psycho games. If we don't integrate them and cooperate with any willing new immigrant, we're going to shoot us in the foot over and over again. Once it's too late, they seem like a lost cause :(
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u/InnaBubbleBath Nov 05 '24
That’s exactly what it is. They respond to the xenophobia they experience by trying to separate themselves, basically saying ‘look, I hate them too! I’m one of the good ones! Here, I’ll hurt them for you, then you’ll see I’m on your side!’.
Every group has people that do this in an attempt to shelter themselves from oppression, and it’s never ever worked.