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2006-09-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

Afghans Who Fled Conflict Face Cultural Divide in U.S.

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Posted by ed 2006-09-02 16:50|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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Afghans Who Fled Conflict Face Cultural Divide in U.S.

"Face Culture Divide"? You betcha. Feel free to about "face" should preserving your "culture divide" your loyalties.

Mothers and daughters and sons joined the workforce for the first time, sometimes earning more than the father and undermining his traditional role as breadwinner.

"With their own money to spend, sons and daughters became more independent," Javid said. "The fathers started feeling kind of useless.

An expectable by-product if your one big skill is reciting a book from memory.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-02 20:06|| 2006-09-02 20:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Zen, I think you're being a trifle harsh. I've been reading a lot lately about just regular ole men folk with some of the same issues regarding the decreasing value place on the male role in our society.

Heck, it bugs me on occasion to hear the "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" type rants.

Do they have to learn to cope? Yep. Is that an easy thing to do when you're basically talking about a 200 year (or more) culture shift? Nope.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-09-02 20:11|| 2006-09-02 20:11|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll readily admit it, AlanC. I'm just fed up to here with the endless bleating about all the trials and tribulations that Muslim immigrants face in America.

Moreover, Zéba's editorial policy to "keep it largely free of the two most divisive topics: politics and religion" doesn't hold much promise from publishing anything by RAWA. Additionally, contrary to the foregoing, advice given in the "Dear Auntie" column will, nevertheless, be "Islamically correct."

Just another, almost painless, incursion of sharia law into our society. Try to remember the old phrase, "the death of a thousand cuts."

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-02 20:52|| 2006-09-02 20:52|| Front Page Top

#4 another episode in constant bleating to change society to avoid offending/discouraging the individuals. STFU and got to school or learn a skill or GTFO. No exceptions. Cultural stupidness doesn't give life mulligans

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-09-02 20:57|| 2006-09-02 20:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, I can't say that "I'm just fed up to here..." doesn't describe me a hell of a lot of the time on just these kinds of issues.

But, it does sound like they're trying to assimilate but not lose the old country. The Italians, Irish, etc. have been doing the same thing for years. Let's see how that hip-hop lover turns out. After all, he didn't turn it off.

The one's that I want to throttle are those like CAIR and the LaRaza types that expect us to adapt to them.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-09-02 21:05|| 2006-09-02 21:05|| Front Page Top

#6 The one's that I want to throttle are those like CAIR and the LaRaza types that expect us to adapt to them.

I'll cheerfully concede that your choices are a lot higher up on the Christmas list.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-02 21:14|| 2006-09-02 21:14|| Front Page Top

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