mo*lezing walter benn michaels - 7 mei 2012

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MO*lezing Walter Benn Michaels “Meer diversiteit, minder gelijkheid” Organisatie MO*, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren, Ronde Tafel van Socialisten en KifKif Partners Zuiderpershuis, Vooruit, Kaaitheater & Beursschouwburg www.MO.be

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De Amerikaanse hoogleraar Walter Benn Michaels publiceerde in 2006 een opmerkelijk boek: 'The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality'. Zijn analyse is dat de Verenigde Staten de voorbije decennia grote stappen voorwaarts gezet hebben op het vlak van diversiteit en erkenning van de vele identiteiten die samen een samenleving vormen, maar dat de politieke en maatschappelijke krachten in diezelfde periode alle aandacht verloren hebben voor herverdeling en (inkomens)gelijkheid. Twee jaar later werd Barack Obama verkozen tot president en stortte de economie in met massale verarming van de werkende en werkloze bevolking als gevolg. Hoe kijkt hij anno 2012 naar de verhouding tussen diversiteit en gelijkheid in de VS en heeft hij suggesties voor Europa, waar een gelijkaardige evolutie vandaag waarschijnlijker is dan ooit. Bekijk hier zijn powerpointvoorstelling die hij op 7 mei gebruikte op een MO*lezing in het Antwerpse Zuiderpershuis. Meer info: www.mo.be

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MO*lezing Walter Benn Michaels

“Meer diversiteit, minder gelijkheid”

OrganisatieMO*, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren, Ronde Tafel van

Socialisten en KifKif

PartnersZuiderpershuis, Vooruit, Kaaitheater &

Beursschouwburg

www.MO.be

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American Renaissance• In the 1980s and ’90s, we were pleased to witness the fall

of communism. After the Soviet Union collapsed and its terrible crimes were revealed, communism lost its credibility. The New Left then used the immigration problem to dress communism up as something new. Communists transformed themselves into anti-racists, and the struggle for multiculturalism and against racism replaced the communist class struggle and the proletarian revolution. Immigrants and other so-called minority groups now play the role of the working-class proletariat. “Discrimination” rather than oppression of the workers has become the Left’s great demon. Minorities and immigrants must be emancipated, raised up, and trained in multiculturalist thinking.

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“Why Goldman Sachs? Diversity!”

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• "Diversity is at the very core of our ability to serve our clients well and to maximize return for our shareholders. Diversity supports and strengthens the firm’s culture, and it reinforces our reputation as the employer of choice in our industry and beyond."

• Lloyd C. BlankfeinChairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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This analysis concludes that there is little evidence that legal immigration is economically preferable to illegal immigration. In fact, illegal immigration responds to market forces in ways that legal immigration does not. Illegal migrants tend to arrive in larger numbers when the U.S. economy is booming (relative to Mexico and the Central American countries that are the source of most illegal immigration to the United States) and move to regions where job growth is strong. Legal immigration, in contrast, is subject to arbitrary selection criteria and bureaucratic delays, which tend to disassociate legal inflows from U.S. labor-market conditions.4

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Languages are highly valued at GS, with around 50% of graduate roles requiring strong lingusitic skills. Essentially, the firm is looking for graduates to be fluent in the language before beginning their role, especially in client-facing roles such as private wealth management, investment banking and securities. Currently, the recruitment team for the EMEA region at Goldman Sachs is particularly interested in recruiting graduates with language skills in:FrenchSpanishRussianGermanItalianTo a lesser extent, Turkish

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Muppies

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Not that I don't care about you Just that things got so complica- eh eh I met somebody cute and funny Got each other and that's funny, eh eh eh

I have something that I love long-long But my friends keep ah-telling me that something's wrong

(Eh, Eh) There's nothing else I can say (Eh, Eh) There's nothing else I can say(Eh, Eh) I wish you never looked at me that way (Eh, Eh)

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McDonald’s verkozen tot 4e Beste Werkgever in België Werknemers zijn trots op hun ‘McJob’