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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

The Germans were loathe to assimilate the ethnic Germans from Russia. They have looked down on the Turks for forty years without making a real effort to assimilate them.


17 posted on 09/24/2006 8:43:15 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RobbyS
Most German freepers think that they have assimilated their Turkish-descended minority, and many of them are assimilated, at least moreso than other Muslims. The German-descendees from Russia however, should have become assimilated Russians. Their ancestors came voluntarily. Also part of the anger on the part of actual Germans toward them is that they don't use German--though that is not all their fault. The Soviets encouraged everybody to use Russian, including these people.

Europeans can be racist toward other Europeans. A lot of people in the US consider a European a European, one people group. Europeans have another views. Just goes to show race is a social construct, and not a genetic one. You could theoretically mince races down so much that each immediate family--or even each person--was there own race.

18 posted on 09/24/2006 8:52:10 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( Microevolution is real; Macroevolution is not real.)
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To: RobbyS
Most German freepers think that they have assimilated their Turkish-descended minority, and many of them are assimilated, at least moreso than other Muslims. The German-descendees from Russia however, should have become assimilated Russians. Their ancestors came voluntarily. Also part of the anger on the part of actual Germans toward them is that they don't use German--though that is not all their fault. The Soviets encouraged everybody to use Russian, including these people.

Europeans can be racist toward other Europeans. A lot of people in the US consider a European a European, one people group. Europeans have another views. Just goes to show race is a social construct, and not a genetic one. You could theoretically mince races down so much that each immediate family--or even each person--was there own race.

You could ping or freepmail one of the German freepers for a probably more accurate opinion than this one, but it could be that they won't answer.

19 posted on 09/24/2006 8:53:28 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( Microevolution is real; Macroevolution is not real.)
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