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04-06-2012, 02:39 AM
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Location: Paris, France
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I agree with Sophie. In general, immigrants here blended with the culture, and people don't speak of "Anglo-Argentines", "Irish-Argentines", "Spanish-Argentines", "Italian-Argentines", "Russian-Argentines", "Mapuche-Argentines", "Guaraní-Argentines", we are just Argentines. As a result of this, through the years immigrants mixed with other immigrants from other countries. So it is not uncommon to find people whose background is mixed, with sometimes four different ancestries. I, myself, am a mixed of Italian, Ukrainian, German, and Mapuche. Of course this is a question of degrees. There are a few immigrant communities that didn't blend in to such an extent, but they are the exceptions. Also, there are the cases of the more "recent" immigrants: Chinese, Corean, Bolivian, Peruvian, and even Senegalese (even more recent). These aren't so much blended into Argentine society yet, but perhaps it's a question of time, or perhaps that their cultures are more different. In the case of Peruvian and Bolivian immigrants I should say that the statement "their cultures are more different" applies when compared to Buenos Aires and the central region of Argentina. However their culture isn't that different from the Argentine culture of the northern provinces, as far as I know.
Well, I'm a bit off topic, but you get what I mean.
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Very interesting – it would seem then that Argentine society is quite good at assimilating immigrants. It will be interesting to see whether that happens as easily in future generations now that many groups from non-European countries are coming. I think the US to some extent is particular with its doctrine of multiculturalism: it's surprising that even four or five generations on, people are still identifying as Irish- or Italian-Americans.
Didn't realise there were Korean, Chinese and even Senegalese communities in BsAs. Is it still quite cosmopolitan then?
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04-07-2012, 08:53 PM
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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Originally Posted by britinparis
Very interesting – it would seem then that Argentine society is quite good at assimilating immigrants. It will be interesting to see whether that happens as easily in future generations now that many groups from non-European countries are coming. I think the US to some extent is particular with its doctrine of multiculturalism: it's surprising that even four or five generations on, people are still identifying as Irish- or Italian-Americans.
Didn't realise there were Korean, Chinese and even Senegalese communities in BsAs. Is it still quite cosmopolitan then?
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Well, for some reason, even with our many problems and crises, we have been receiving immigration lately from Central African countries and Eastern Europe (in this latter case, again). But I d'say Buenos Aires, while cosmopolitan in terms of the continent, it isn't as cosmopolitan as London and New York. It is, but in a smaller scale.
The Chinese usually have small supermarkets. They are scattered throughout the city. I bet there are 1 every two blocks. They are many many really. I like them btw.
There is a Chinatown in the neighbourhood of Belgrano, but I guess it's smaller than New York's and others.
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04-08-2012, 09:55 AM
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Location: Fife
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