Thanks for that comment, it does help explain the different mentalities in Europe. When I worked with the French army I felt there was a sense of resentment toward Muslim immigrants in general, but there were also ethnic Arab soldiers who seemed to be completely assimilated into French culture. Black French soldiers didn’t seem to be viewed as any different than white soldiers.

Since I came home I’ve read a little more about the conflicts between French society and North African immigrants. It seems to me that a huge portion of the population in France (not the “French” population) is actively fighting against French culture. We don’t have that problem to the same degree here, although it definitely exists in smaller doses.

I really hope I get to spend some time in France and get to know the culture better.

Thanks again Emmanuel, I hope you keep coming back to comment on my posts.

First of all, I would say that ethnicity is probably more important in Europe than in the US, because the Celtic/Frankish/Latin people are the indigenous (meaning the original inhabitants) people of Europe.

A lot of European countries believe in bloodlines (Germany for example).

But in the case of France, since our Revolution, the French psyche believes that in order to be truly French and be accepted as such by your fellow citizens, you have to “adopt” French culture wholeheartedly, and leave your roots behind. We’re very conformist… We didn’t adopt the multi-cultural attitude.

The color of skin doesn’t matter much, but culture is of the utmost importance, it’s how you assimilate, it’s what makes French citizenship more than a piece of paper.
People who have trouble adjusting to that (those who ostentatiously show others that they keep customs from their country of origin) will never fit.

It’s the biggest problem with the recent wave of immigrants (they can’t keep religion a private matter contrary to French practice in which secularism is sacro-saint, they insist on speaking with artificial (forced speech) accents to differentiate from “ethnic French people”, they demand “rights” which are contrary to the French constitution).

Maybe that’s not very well known in the US, but France has been a land of immigration for centuries without any problems until the last few decades.
That’s because until the 1960s, immigrants were of European stock, with judeo-christian mentalities which were compatible with the French way of life.

I’m myself a 3rd generation immigrant (my grandfather was Slovenian), but no one in my familiy has ever had any problems being regraded as other than 100% French by their neighbors, because we assimilated completely.

I hope that what I wrote added just a little more insight into what differentiates America from France.

Emmanuel from France.

Also, if the “out of Africa” theory is true how did these “natives” that you mention get here?

Identity politics and group politics are un-American but that is exactly how ethnic groups vote, in the interest of their identity.

Unlike the pan-European immigrations of the 19th century, todays immigrant from Mexico and points south are not American, not even Latino-American. They are purveyors of the Latino Cultural Sphere. Their nation is others like them.

Part of this is because of their own determination to make it so, but mostly it is because of the attitude we now have towards such people. In days of old, they would be culturally indoctrinated to become American, as your ancestors were. Now, they are allowed to maintain their own separate cultural identity, separate from America, because of what is called “multiculturalism”.

If you think this racist, consider; what did the various barbarian tribes do to the Roman Empire? What did the Angles, Saxons and Jutes do to Celtic Britain? What did the first European settlers do to the natives of North America? (It always kills me when liberals bring out the Native American as justification, when what happened to them only proves the modern anti-immigration faction correct!) Now Americans are suffering this same fate at the hands of Latinos. Not because Latinos are bad or evil, but because Latinos are *promoting their own culture.* They are doing what is in their culture’s best interest. Americans, sadly, are not.

I wish I had kept a diary of every day on the street. I swear I’ve forgotten more amazing crap than I can remember and write about. For a book of cop stories, read Cops by Mark Baker. Good stuff.

Thanks for reading and commenting, and stay safe.

Chris

This is some great reading Chris. I swear if half of the blogging police officers got together a published a book it would be a national best seller.

Thanks for your time composing these posts and keep it up!

Chris

“America is exceptional, Judy, because America is the combination of all the peoples of the world, many of whom made a conscious choice to become Americans, and many more are the immediate descendants of such people. Look at the last Olympic games. Review just some of the names of American medal winners: Liukin, Liezak, Torres, Vanderkaay, Zagunis, Kai, Rodriguez, Taurasi, O’Reilly, Ah Mow-Santos, Haneef-Park, Nnamani. Those are all AMERICAN names….”