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[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Culture isn't nearly that important, and learning the language, or just speaking English, is a minor obstacle all things considered. If you move somewhere, you will get a language teacher.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 5 points 1 year ago

What the hell are you talking about? Culture is hugely important, if you move somewhere that fundamentally has issue with you... might might be outright killed.

Countries don't all necessarily speak English. I'm visiting Mexico right now... it's actually quite hard at times to find English speakers. The police I've interacted with here... no English. Border crossing... very limited English. Acting like English is something special is very short sighted.

Assuming that all immigrants or refugees will just have access to language tutoring is absurd. That's typically an expensive cost. One that many people simply cannot afford.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Well, then maybe it's different In the Americas, I don't know, but you mentioned an European country.

I live in Europe, been around various places in Europe. I'm an immigrant myself. It's not nearly as bad as you might think.

And yes, obviously racism and xenophobia is a problem, but integrating into the culture won't fix that.

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