Shintoko Akahoshi wrote:Ugleb wrote:Or, they could follow your lead and blindly insist that there are no underlying issues surrounding this event and that Gallente society has flawlessly integrated many millions of immigrants in only a few years, miraculously eliminating any and all sources of racial tension.
While I don't think you could ever say that any people as a whole are "flawlessly integrated" into the Federation, the historically-minded among us will notice that most of the Federation Matari have been living in the Federation for generations, and that they've in general managed to be integrated quite nicely. They're a huge segment of the Federation, making up a number of extremely powerful voting blocs, living everywhere from fully integrated metropolises to relatively monoracial enclaves. They enjoy greater standards of living, on average, than citizens of the Republic. They are free to follow their tribal culture - or not - as they choose. With that in mind...
Ugleb wrote:I suspect that the Bloody Hand may now be finding new recruits among the Minmatar population within the Federation.
...I'm very curious about your reasoning for making that statement.
Less than eight years ago it was identified by the University of Caille that the beginnings of an unprecedented and
massive exodous of Minmatar into the Federation had begun. They were later proven right as the influx of immigrants intensified and continued for years to come until the trend was finally curbed by the advent of the Elder War and transitioning of the Republic's government under SanbMatar Shakor's leadership.
Throughout the duration of the Great Exodous the Republic continued to fall on economic and social hard times made worse by increasingly frequent labour shortages in the outer colonies as more and more people packed up and left their homes behind to settle in the Federation.
My point here is simple enough. Vast numbers of Minmatar who were born and raised within the Republic and its Tribal culture now live within the Federation and have been there for only a few years. Those are the people who I have been referring to as not yet being fully integrated and at considerable risk of being alienating by recent events.
The article highlighted by Katarina Musana is an excellent example of this.