[Paleopsych] university employment for non U.S. citizens

[G. Reinhart-Waller]

Christian writes:

> I don't see your point.

Let's see if I can post it again:

>> One reply an unemployed U.S. academician might make 
>> is "why is a
>> Brazilian citizen able to land a cushy job at state 
>> university in
>> Connecticut?"

Since you are not U.S. Citizen, how long have you lived 
in America and taught at U.Conn?  The point 
being....why is someone without citizenship able to 
slot into a full time teaching job at good University 
when an equally qualified U.S. academician is 
unemployed?

Please excuse the questions....it's the way I was 
taught to think.

Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Independent Scholar
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~waluk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Rauh" <christian.rauh at uconn.edu>
To: "Lista Paleopsych" <paleopsych at paleopsych.org>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Paleopsych] islamic radicalism


> Gerry,
>
> I don't see your point.
>
> My first point is that there is (mostly economic) 
> pressure to conform to
> US culture. Obviously, when the pressure comes from 
> some other place
> people will conform to the strongest.
>
> My second point is that people in the US are unaware 
> of this pressure.
> But at the same time fear any outside pressure from 
> another source
> themselves. For example, an international court or an 
> arabic country.
>
> There is no pressure for the US academician to learn 
> portuguese. He may
> do it, but solely because he chooses that.
>
> I don't think that pressure to conform is bad or that 
> it can be
> eliminated, but I think it can be better equalized.
>
> Christian
>
> G. Reinhart-Waller wrote:
>> One reply an unemployed U.S. academician might make 
>> is "why is a
>> Brazilian citizen able to land a cushy job at state 
>> university in
>> Connecticut?"
>>
>> Are you also a U.S. citizen?
>>
>> They might further comment:  "If I learned 
>> Portuguese, would I then get
>> a decent academic job in Brazil or are such 
>> positions reserved for
>> Brazilian citizens"?
>>
>> People learn English usually because it guarantees 
>> them employment.  If
>> and when Arabic language and Muslim religion and 
>> lifeways become a
>> ticket to wealth and prosperity, then people will 
>> learn Arabic.
>>
>> Gerry Reinhart-Waller
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Rauh"
>> <christian.rauh at uconn.edu>
>> To: "G. Reinhart-Waller" <waluk at earthlink.net>; 
>> "Lista Paleopsych"
>> <paleopsych at paleopsych.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Paleopsych] islamic radicalism
>>
>>
>>> Gerry,
>>>
>>> I am a Brazilian citizen and I was forced to learn 
>>> english because
>>> without knowing it I would not be able to get a 
>>> decent job in this world.
>>>
>>> My point was to show the irony of people fearing 
>>> having to learn arabic
>>> or going to mosques when other people are having to 
>>> learn english. What
>>> they fear is to be influenced to do things they 
>>> otherwise would not.
>>>
>>> The US exerts pressure in other countries. In other 
>>> places, people have
>>> to learn English. One can argue that it is not a 
>>> deliberate and
>>> conscious pressure, however, to the person learning 
>>> the language, the
>>> prospect of not having a decent job is as coercive 
>>> as troops on the
>>> street. That's economic pressure.
>>>
>>> And to the counter-argument that you always have 
>>> the individual choice
>>> of *not* learning english, goes the answer that you 
>>> always have the
>>> individual choice of *not* learning arab or going 
>>> to mosques. But you
>>> will have to face the individual consequences.
>>>
>>> As a final comment, I don't think that, in general, 
>>> American citizens
>>> are aware of the amount of influence and pressure 
>>> that the US exerts in
>>> the world. That is the reason why I believe that, 
>>> in general, most
>>> Americans can't understand the cynicism that 
>>> foreigners have towards
>>> "spreading freedom".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> G. Reinhart-Waller wrote:
>>>
>>>> Christian Rauh writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I have been forced to learn English.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When?  By whom?  Why?  Which country would do such 
>>>> a heinous thing?
>>>> France?  Germany?  Sweden?  You aren't buzzin' 
>>>> about being an American
>>>> citizen and having to speak English, are you?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gerry Reinhart-Waller
>>>> Independent Scholar
>>>> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~waluk
>>>>
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