NOT IN DUTCH ANYMORE – AT 11:07 A.M. ET:  The mainstream media simply refuses to deal with a phenomenon occurring in Europe – the abandonment of the "multiculturalist" experiment.  There is a limit to what even Europeans can take from the effete elites who have tried to sell them the multiculturalist bill of goods. 

Recently both the British prime minister and German chancellor have openly, and unequivocally, declared multiculturalism a failure.  Now the Netherlands are actually taking action to reverse the failed experiment.  From Thomas Lifson at American Thinker:

In a landmark turnabout, one of the cornerstones of contemporary liberalism is being rejected by one of the fountainheads of liberalism. The politically correct doctrine of multiculturalism is heading for decline, as Holland, one of the most socially liberal societies on earth, is reversing its former policy of multiculturalism. Soeren Kern, writing for Hudson New York, covers an important story that has gotten almost no notice from the American media, which wishes to pretend that multiculturalism works just fine:

A new integration bill (covering letter and 15-page action plan), which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads: "The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people. In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role. With this change, the government steps away from the model of a multicultural society."

The letter continues: "A more obligatory integration is justified because the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one feels at home anymore in the Netherlands. The integration will not be tailored to different groups."

The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants to ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law.

At least the Dutch have the guts to say it openly, and to take action.  Britain, another country overwhelmed with multiculturalist hooey, is not yet at the action stage, and the old leftists in the Labour Party and at the BBC will mightily resist. 

In America, we need to get a grip on the multiculturalism being shoved down our kids' throats in schools, and, especially, in colleges.  I'm more concerned about the elementary and high schools, where kids are too young to form independent judgments. 

Multiculturalists claim that they simply favor "understanding" of other cultures.  No, that's not what they favor.  They want acceptance of other cultures.  In their world view, all cultures have their own "validity."  And, after all, who are we to question?  All multiculturalists, from what I've observed, are on the political left, and their new pitch is simply a rewording of old leftist doctrine, placing the United States as no better, and probably worse, than the rest of the world. 

This must be soundly rejected.  I'm glad to see a liberal country like the Netherlands taking the lead.  But don't expect much following from California or Massachusetts, or, for that matter, from the Ivy League.

June 26, 2011