From: "Dave Cummings" <dc29-AT-ukc.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Racism, culture amd immigration, continued Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:19:57 +0100 David Cummings Post-Colonial Studies School of English Rutherford College University of Kent, at Canterbury > > HOW MANY FOREIGNERS DO YOU LET IN? > One central question is: can any nation cope with large numbers of > immigrants, whatever the original cause of their coming? There seems to be a > basic unwillingness by people to discuss this crucial issue. Any attempt at > rational discussion of this point usually turns into criticism of the Right > wing for using emotive phrases such as "swamped". But there the discussion > usually grinds to a halt. Has the Left any solutions to this one? Using > Josna's word, when do immigrants cease to be "curiosities" and become > perceived as a threat Here perhaps we have the crunch point of Capital. The rhetoric of right wing political parties is seemingly out of step with the demands of Capital. I recall reading in 'The Economist' (hardly a left-wing flag waving magazine), that the EU had a demographic time bomb, and that it needed a large number (sorry can't remember the number) of immigrants just to keep the economy going. I don't think the 'Left' has a solution, because frankly what is this homogenous 'left' anyway. I realise this is a quite facile point, but I must get back to Foucault.... --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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