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Let's see, bible thumpers and right wing mythologists are laying teachers off in record numbers. Really?
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aid off nearly 58,000 teachers and other education workers in September, the government announced on Friday. The layoffs happened even though some have said the $26 billion bill passed by Congress in August was nothing but a sop for teacher unions."
States Lay Off 58,000 Teachers In September Despite $26 Billion Aid Package
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"No multicultural paradise for them to contend with."
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This is what happens when the grossly uniformed believe that a quick Google search can replace years of ignorance.
Continuing his occasional series of contributions, noted China scholar Pitman Potter examines the outbreaks of ethnic violence in China’s Xinjiang Province this year and in Tibet last year. He explains they are symptoms of the failure in China’s version of a multicultural policy rather than manifestations of terrorism or foreign agitation. Beijing must become more responsive to the legitimate aspirations of ethnic minorities, he argues.
Recent events in Xinjiang, falling roughly a year after similar unrest in Tibet, suggest that China’s policies toward its minority nationalities require substantial rethinking. The government’s claims that the unrest in Urumqi was fomented by outside agitators echo the position
taken last year after protests by ethnic Tibetans, and ring just as hollow. Pointing the finger at external hostile forces is often the first response of a government reluctant to revisit its own policies and anxious to blame breakdowns in social harmony on foreign influences. Similar claims have been levelled by the PRC government in response to a wide range of social and political challenges, ranging from pleas for broader internet freedom to calls for political and legal reform. However, such a familiar and habitual response simply won’t wash.
Rethinking Multiculturalism in China | Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Ethnic violence in China leaves 140 dead | World news | guardian.co.uk
Unending ethnic conflict in China - Taipei Times
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BTW that's one culture that puts a huge emphasis on both education and hard work.
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Oh goody another right-winger holding up socialist China as a model worthy of emulation!
Yes how silly of me, of course China is just jammed packed with budding physicist, who else could be digging their coal, and working in their sweat shops and filling their prisons. It's a fracking educational paradise!
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