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Migrant statistics and ‘integration’
Since the onset of the recession, it became clear that the state’s integration policies and all the talk about ‘cultural diversity’, ‘interculturalism’ and so on were becoming redundant. What started with draconian cuts in the integration and antiracism sector and the demise of bodies such as the NCCRI very quickly turned into complete silence on…
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The Ironies of Irish multiculturalism
A letter I sent to the Irish Times on 24 December 2009 Madam Fintan O’Toole’s (spot-on as ever) article on the ironies of the Bishops’ multiculturalism (December 22, 2009, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/1222/1224261109443.html) has broader ironic implications. One irony relates to the church’s role in migrant integration. Having lost their key role in education and health service provision,…
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Support CDPs and Migrant-led organisations
Copy of a letter I sent to the Irish Times: Ronit Lentin Department of Sociology TCD Madam, The shortsightedness of the government’s plans to subsume community development projects in area partnerships (Letters, 25 November) was eloquently articulated by four community activists on Vincent Browne’s TV3 show on the same day. Cathleen O’Neill of Kilbarrack CDP,…
Blog and website by Ronit Lentin, a political sociologist, writer and an antiracist activist.