Parallel communities

After the end of the colonial period in European history, in particular, after 1960, called the Year of Africa, when several dozens, including African states, gained independence from the mother countries, a new period of coexistence of various peoples and ethnic groups began. A distinctive feature of this period was immediately a whole set of heterogeneous processes, united by an ever-increasing globalization, that is, an increase in the interdependence and mutual influence of countries on each other. Among the key processes of the post-colonial period were: - the formation of independent states on the territory that was previously part of the largest European metropolises. Since it was believed in the colonies that all the troubles and poverty in their countries were connected with the “white colonizers,” the independence of the colonies was usually accompanied by the massacre and expulsion of the white colonizers in the metropolis. After approximately the same processes with the liberation from colonial oppression, a very large number of countries plunged into civil wars, which in a number of states (Ethiopia, Zimbabwe) continue to this day. In other former colonial countries, white and black reservations (South Africa) were created. - migration from independent states ¬- former colonies. The past few decades after the colonies gained independence showed that everything that was good in the colonies (from the railway network - the legacy of the British Empire in Ceylon to education and medicine - in South Africa) was created by the colonialists. And after they left, the countries plunged into wars and chaos, which continues to this day. In this situation, after the initial “white migration” (when the colonists left for the metropolis), powerful migration flows of already indigenous people formed, dreaming of escaping from their own young and independent state. As a result of the transformation of migration flows, a powerful migration movement was formed from the conditional “south” to “north”. Moreover, the south refers to the totality of the former colonial possessions, ranging from the Maghreb and North Africa to India and Bangladesh. Millions of people have moved to Europe and North America, forming sustainable communities with their own values, existing in parallel with those social norms that are accepted in Western society.

Currently, parallel communities are represented, first of all, in a significant number of European countries (especially Benelux), which is explained by the proximity of this territory to North Africa, from which the main flow of migrants comes (in fact, from former colonies, “for which the metropolis feels guilty " ^[2] ). A particularly high concentration of migrants is observed in France and Belgium. The parallel communities being created although formally live in a particular European state on the norms and principles (secularism, tolerance, etc.) that are at its core, but in fact, ethnic neighborhoods (“ghettos”) inhabited by migrants are becoming more and more widespread in Europe, not wanting to naturalize (or "Europeanize"). In fact, a “parallel world” is being created in Europe, enclaves that do not accept secular European values, as well as norms of tolerance. That is why many experts are currently talking about the so-called "crisis of multiculturalism" ^[3] , a concept according to which many cultures, under the influence of uniform norms and values ​​accepted in society, should be united into a single whole. If in Europe these parallel communities are mostly religious, then in the USA it is ethnic: representatives of the black race dominate the northeastern United States, creating special ethnic ghettos even in cities like New York (Queens and the Bronx), and Latinos (migrants from Mexico and Latin America) - in selected areas of California cities. Parallel communities, not wanting to integrate into a secular and tolerant society, quite often choose the role of social dependents, giving birth to many children and sitting on social benefits (creating a special burden for the budget).

Excerpt from the book by Yu. Latynina “Russian Baker”:

There are few solutions for the naturalization of parallel communities and their integration, mainly in European society. European legislation is very tolerant and cannot act harshly, revealing in this sense a certain weakness. The scale of parallel communities will increase along with the strengthening of what is commonly called the "crisis of multiculturalism."

• Anti-globalism
• Golden billion
• Multiculturalism
• North and South (geopolitics)

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