First the highlights of the most recurrent discursive nodes GD1. This discussion group was composed of adult upper-middle class, the most favorable to immigrants in general and ethnic minorities in particular. They are characterized by the predominance of speeches made (with or without social desirability bias), weighing the pros and cons of immigration, and emphasizing their need from the standpoint of both economic and cultural. But there are some differences between countries, as seen in Table 1, which summarizes the main features.
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Apart from the politically correct discourse, we must emphasize the use of reflective arguments to neutralize both cultural criticism to understand ethnic concentrations. For example, in the Netherlands cultural criticism concerning the social position of women in immigrant communities (Muslims) provoked reactions relativized to such "problems." Affirming that the 50 'Dutch women also wore the veil, or that there are many Orthodox Christians in villages where people are not free to choose a spouse. In addition, typical expressions of gender inequality (such as veils, burkas and not shaking hands) are not viewed as inherently problematic, if the woman decides to do his own initiative (as in Spain):
"And when I think of the problems that people have with the veils, I remember perfectly a photo of the former Queen Juliana with her head covered with a handkerchief. I also remember my mother used to wear one when she went Street, "" Of course, in the province of Gelderland women are wearing headscarves. Ten years ago, spent three quarters of the same in other provinces. The girls had to wear long skirts and not allowed to wear pants, "" In the past also had to be a virgin at marriage. "
Instead of focusing on differences, tended to see aspects that different cultures have in common (12): "At one point I realized that the end of Ramadan celebrations are made like our Christmas . The whole family gets together, they give gifts to children and sometimes adults. It organized lavish family meals, all very well dressed. Well, that is the same as our traditional Christmas festivities. There are many similar things and I think those things have to extrapolate a bit. " Subsequently, on the subject of concerted weddings, he said: "Many parents do not seek husband for their daughters. Sure, there's always a few who already do so, but in Staphorst [a Dutch population-Orthodox Christian] people is not free to choose whom she marries. "
Referring to ethnic concentration, which is sometimes referred to commonly as problematic, was not considered a problem in itself. In fact, it was quite understanding it. One woman said: "My parents have lived in southern France and had two more Dutch families in the neighborhood. It was very comfortable to stick together. So we could speak our language. "Or" I do not oppose a new Chinatown [concentrate] or Little Italy. Why should they not live together people who share a particular ethnicity? "
Another common feature was the prevalence of racism in class: the differentiation of immigrants according to their social class or income level. Was more evident in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. As in Spain said: "Nobody has ever worried about an immigrant To be born of Norwegian, British or French. "
(Notes):
(12) In Portugal, while participants in the widespread rejection GD1 attributes to minorities (at first), as the discussion began, it adopted more explicit and more intolerant concepts surfaced. For example, a female participant said, referring to the Brazilians: "the values \u200b\u200bare different. They kill as one who drinks a glass of water, in their blood ... "
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