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To: KLP who wrote (146260)	11/8/2005 10:51:53 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

You might want to read those pieces again. They talk about the differences between the approach of France and the approach of the US, Canada, and Australia, where there are melting pots. There is no melting pot in France. It's a different paradigm. The culture and the state have been disinclined to integrate immigrants. Which is not to say that the immigrants haven't contributed to that, only that they couldn't have effectively integrated regardless. Also bear in mind that France is an aggressively secular state, unlike ours. They don't have separation of church and state. They have only state. Don't know where your article was from Both articles have links. I know you're picky about that so I was careful to include them. Bear in mind as you read them that they are not American so they may use terms somewhat differently. In the US we all go to keilbasa or lutefisk festivals (well, maybe not lutefisk) and cinco de mayo celebrations. France is not like that. You are thinking of extreme multiculturalism--as subordinating the majority to cater to the minority. That's not what they're talking about. They're just talking about the enjoyment of the tastes and sounds of various heritages.