Originally posted by jojo the "italian"
Understand, the fundimental base of "mulitculturalism" is the idea that identity is socially constructed (i.e. "social construction or social construct is any institutionalized entity or artifact in a social system 'invented' or 'constructed' by participants in a particular culture or society that exists because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules") and because it is "socially constructed" you can "program" a identity into anyone. Ok, fair enough, but if a identity is socially constructed, than the Diaspora is being feed a identity via social construction in the host nation they immigrated to and furthermore, any Armenian that has been feed this identity has a marginalized identity. Essentially, successive generations of the Diaspora pass down a marginalized identity, this is reality, by living in a Diaspora you are developing a identity that is alien to the people in Armenie because while you are outside of Armenia, Armenians in Armenia are developing a identity as well.
Now, if full Armenians are themselves marginalized than a half Armenians has many factors that influence his or her identity, you have the social construction of the host nation, the identity of the non Armenian half, the marginalized identity of the full Armenian, and sometimes the identity of a being part of a new race and religion. He or she in essense is not Armenian nor is he or she non Armenian, if the half Armenian was a dish it would be a dish created by mixing two other mutually exclusive dishes together (i.e. two different identities together).
READ MY REPLIES TO YOU, not once have I state that their exists a "biological" reasons that constitute a identity. In fact there exists a multitude of fabrics that stich together to form one's identity, you are being ignorant because by being ignorant you can live in the false reality you have created for yourself. Forum members, wake up, this idea of a "spiritual Armenia" is a lie, there exists no such thing.
By the way, you don't know who I am and what I do in my real life. Lets stop with these "I do this" and "you do that", I never have stated that being a "good human being is bad", but what is equally worse than stating this is your refusal to admit that you prefer that your child or your "friend's" child to be Armenian (i.e. advocating the idea that being non Armenian is a inferiority). Second of all, you are assuming that I want Armenians to "donate money"? No, I don't want Armenians to donate money, this is the problem and demotivating agent to state building, it a creates a excuse to emigrate and not return. This is the reality, stop talking out of your ass, your reply just further enforces my stance because you are trying to create a justification for your actions.
Originally posted by Jojo the "italian"
The point is, "asking for help" is not a sin, but justifying emigration based on the false notions that "Diaspora can help Armenia" is dangerous and ridiculous. First, it emphasises emigration over state building and, second, it creates a justification to emigrate and to assimilate.
Originally posted by Jojo the "italian"
Originally posted by Jojo the "Italian"
"Yes I am born in Baku and I am half Armenian-half xxxish but my native
tongue is Russian, my culture is Russian, my education is Russian. At
the end of the day Soviet Union was the success of Russian Empire which
was multinational multi-confessional state and as long as we live in
the same state I'm part of this state as much as President Putin but I
don't have to run for Presidency in Russia to feel good about myself. I
already completed more than many people could have dreamed of..."
Kasparov, the greatest chess player agrees with me, and furthermore, David Nalbandian (Argentine tennis player) when asked "do you feel part of the Armenian people", he replied with, "I never been there, so is quite tough to feel that way. Just a little bit, yes". What exactly is this "little bit"? God knows, essentially, we don't have a large enough sample to go one way or the other, but like I stated earlier, MOST ARMENIANS THAT MARRY OUT DILUTE THEIR IDENTITY AND CUT THEIR TIES TO THE STATE AT THE ROOT, now, DOES THIS MEAN YOU SHOULD OR SHOULD'NT MARRY OUT? I don't know and I don't care, it is a individual decision, but once you do there is no way you can "push" your kid to be Armenian, the reality is, he or she is only half Armenian, the reality is that this child adopted the Armenian identity from a marginalized Armenian to begin with, the reality is that this child lives in a new nation with new values, and finally, the most important factor, the other half is non Armenian, the identity that is constructed is a new one.
I don't want to repeat myself with regards to the macro affect on Armenia and Armenian communities (i.e. fragmentation, division, and destruction).
Originally posted by Jojo the "italian"
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