Multiple Choice Discrimination
I know that I have been writing more about Germany than about Turkey in recent weeks. Some positive views, some negative ones...
I believe that good friends should warn each other when it is needed and I'll keep doing it...
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The conservative circles of the German government still hold on to some discriminative, even racist practices. The new citizenship test is one of them.
First of all, this is a test that most of the natural-born Germans cannot pass. How many Germans know about their regional flags or the taxes on pets?!!
So the sole purpose of this multiple choice exam should be limiting the number of new citizens as much as possible...
Besides its grotesque absurdity, its content is hazardous, too. This why everbody, not only Turks but also the Jewish community, is angry now.
Check this question: "Which religion has effected the German and European Culture? Islam - Hinduism - Christianity - Buddhism?"
Not only they don't even mention Judaism as a choice, as if the test was prepared by the Nazi administration, but also it is a wrong question that cannot be answered correctly.
All these religions, but particularly -in order- Christianity, Judaism and Islam, have effected German and European culture. You can see it if you're not blinded by your ideology.
Germany, along with all other states including Turkey, would keep having bigger and bigger social problems as long as its administration relies on exclusive policies, instead of inclusive ones.
As it has been reported, this test which is "too hard, too ideologically biased, historically unsound and littered with errors" cannot be regarded as a part of the solution.


