Posted on 08/11/2007 9:14:52 PM PDT by Dan Evans
Comes now a blockbuster report by political scientist Robert Putnam, author of the runaway bestseller "Bowling Alone." Putnam provides supporting fire from Harvard Yard for those who say America needs a time-out from mass immigration, be it legal or illegal, like the immigration moratorium we had from 1924-1965.
"E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the 21st Century" is the title of Putnam's five-year study, which makes hash out of the politically correct cliché, "Our diversity is our strength."
After 30,000 interviews, Putnam concludes and reports, against his own progressive convictions, that ethnic and racial diversity can be devastating to communities and destructive of community values.
The greater the diversity the greater the distrust, says Putnam. In racially and ethnically mixed communities, not only do people not trust strangers, they do not even trust their own kind. They withdraw into themselves, they support community activity less, they vote less.
"People living in ethnically diverse settings appear to 'hunker down,' that is, to pull in like a turtle," writes Putnam.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
"But today's immigration is different. And today's America is different. The numbers coming are huge, and they are coming from countries, cultures and civilizations whose peoples have never before been assimilated by any European nation. And they are arriving in an America whose Melting Pot is broken and whose elites lack the vision to see or the moral courage to confront the imminent peril."
That report will get burried.
Wow. I don't suppose Putnam is going to be invited to any more parties at the White House.
What report: /s
Buried by Putnam himself. From Wikipedia:
"In recent years Professor Putnam has been engaged in a comprehensive study of the relationship between trust within communities and their ethnic diversity. His conclusion based on over 40 cases within the United States is that, other things being equal, more diversity in a community can mean less trust both between and within ethnic groups.
"Putnam has not yet published this work. In 2006, Putnam was quoted in the Financial Times as saying he had delayed publishing this research until he could "develop proposals to compensate for the negative effects of diversity" (quote from John Lloyd of Financial Times)
" In 2007, writing in City Journal, John Leo questioned whether this suppression of publication was ethical behavior for a scholar, noting that "Academics aren’t supposed to withhold negative data until they can suggest antidotes to their findings."
More like: "develop proposals to compensate for the negative effects on my career and reputation for writing this"
Just because you're a pessimist, doesn't mean you're not right.
bttt
>They withdraw into themselves, they support community activity less, they vote less.
Well, every cloud has a silver lining.
Amazing! It only took a mere 30,000 interviews to convince Putnam that his progressive convictions were all screwed up.
How many will it take to open Kennedys eyes?
“Amazing! It only took a mere 30,000 interviews to convince Putnam that his progressive convictions were all screwed up.
How many will it take to open Kennedys eyes?”
There aren’t enough people alive to satisfy Kennedy : )
thanks, bfl
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