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Lodi intolerant? Take a closer look at the survey


Friday, August 10, 2007 11:57 PM PDT

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Lodi residents are not tolerant of people of diverse backgrounds, according to the findings of the National Citizen Survey. So read the headline of the Lodi News-Sentinel's Aug. 1 edition.

Even more damning is Lodi's dismal diversity acceptance grade — 36 on a scale of 100 — dead last in the nation among those cities that participated in the survey and chose to ask its residents about their feelings regarding diversity.

Surveys of this type are often misleading. And in this case, regarding diversity, they are way off the mark.

In the first place, Lodi is not a diverse city in the true sense of the word. The city's population is made up of two groups. The latest census data shows that Lodi is roughly 75 percent white and about 25 percent Hispanic, with a small number of blacks and Asians.

Los Angeles, on the other hand, is diverse. For those who count themselves as one race, whites are 50 percent of the population, followed by Asians, 13 percent; black, 10 percent; and "some other race," 27 percent. Hispanics and Latinos of any race, a separate census category, make up 47 percent of the city's population.

Can a non-diverse city be intolerant of diversity? Just because a city is not diverse doesn't automatically mean that it would be narrow-minded about multiculturalism.

And does the survey assume that legitimate objections to illegal immigration is the same as diversity intolerance?

What the Lodi survey doesn't make clear is who isn't tolerant of what. The suggestion is that Lodi's white middle class needs to be more accepting of Hispanics. But perhaps it is the other way around. No tangible evidence either way was presented.

The survey's findings, if you can call a response of less than one-half of one percent (340 residents) of Lodi's total population an adequate sampling, apparently urge Lodi to become more diverse.

Diversity is openly promoted as an essential part of our society. In the media and academia, diversity's merits go unquestioned. Embrace diversity or suffer the consequences.

But substantial data exists about the downside of diversity. To save you from having to dig it out on your own, I'll point you to a new study by Harvard University professor Robert Putnam titled "E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century."

Based on five years of research, Putnam, a longtime liberal student of social interaction, found that increased immigration (the greatest source of diversity in the last 40 years) has challenged community cohesion. What's needed, says Putnam, is a sense of shared citizenship.

Putnam found that the more diverse a community becomes, the harder it is for ethnic groups to interact and to trade in social capital.

In cities where levels of social capital are high, children grow up healthier, safer and better educated; people live longer, happier lives; and democracy and the economy work better.

On the other hand, according to Putnam's research, in cities like Los Angeles, people of all ethnic backgrounds tend to "hunker down." Trust (even of one's own race) is lower, friends fewer, altruism and community cooperation more rare, voting more unlikely, confidence in local institutions, their leaders and the press weaker, and TV-watching more frequent.

These are the stark realities of life among new immigrant groups. No matter how much we may want multiculturalism to work, wishing won't necessarily make it so.

What does work, however, is unity. Assuming that high levels of immigration will continue throughout the 21st Century, the responsibility to unite falls on those who voluntarily choose to come to the U.S.

Many outreach programs like language classes are available for anyone with the initiative to take advantage of them. For our collective good, let's hope the interest in unity is keen enough among all ethnic groups to become involved.

Joe Guzzardi is an instructor at the Lincoln Technical Academy. Reach him at guzzjoe@yahoo.com.

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Lodian wrote on Aug 20, 2007 10:43 PM:

" nylodian: VIVA PORTUGAL! "

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nylodian wrote on Aug 20, 2007 3:09 PM:

" To Non-German White: Thank you for saving me years of therapy. All my emotional issues must stem from the fact I'm from a Lodi German family, AND I'm Portuguese. Just imagine the inner conflict! Is there a support group somewhere? :) "

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Sue Q wrote on Aug 19, 2007 4:09 AM:

" John Brown: With a sweeping statement like that are you also advocating racism of all kinds? After all, you are generalizing on an entire group of people. I don't consider myself rep or dem. So, what does that make me on your list of who is the lowest for of life on Earth? Oh, and remember, you don't know me. Just thought I'd remind you of that fact. "

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John Brown wrote on Aug 17, 2007 9:34 PM:

" Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician." --General George S. Patton, Jr. "

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R.C. wrote on Aug 17, 2007 11:22 AM:

" I have Mexican Americans on one side confused and too chicken to call themselves Americans, On the other hand flaming liberals want Us Americans of brown skin to be hispanics. Then you have many illegal alien sympathetics trying to toss me in that mix. STOP and evaluate the situation and let me be AMERICAN. "

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John Brown wrote on Aug 17, 2007 7:59 AM:

" I think you all are missing the point Illegal's have no place in America.They are a slap in the face to every one who comes here honestly...CASE IN POINT!!! Jose Carranza, an illegal immigrant from Peru, was indicted twice this year: 31 counts surrounding the alleged sexual assault of a child, and nine stemming from a bar fight. [snip] But federal immigration officials hadn’t heard of him until Thursday, when he was charged in the execution-style shooting deaths of three Newark college students.JUST ONE OF MANY!!! "

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facts. wrote on Aug 17, 2007 12:49 AM:

" Most crimes in America are committed by blacks and hispanics. Leonards lies convice no one. Take a look at the Criminal justice reports and then just watch cops on TV and you will where the crime comes from. And the lies come from racist idiots like leonard. "

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S & W 500 wrote on Aug 16, 2007 5:06 PM:

" Brian, you are correct. To "Lodian", what I am sick & tired of is people "milking" our system. I don't care what race they are, I want them to stop taking dollars out of MY POCKET, because they can. IF I lived in Mexico, do you think I would have any rights? No I would NOT! And Yes I lived there. Turds of all colors (including WHITES) need a good kick in the arse, eliminate MILKERS, and BREEDERS. "

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Brian wrote on Aug 16, 2007 8:24 AM:

" Germans in Lodi are much more tolerant in Lodi than those in Germany. Germany is still mostly white. Obviously the Germans here have become more tolerant lately. I don't see any internment camps or anything like that here like Nazi Germany. "

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Brian wrote on Aug 16, 2007 8:17 AM:

" Let's be thankful there aren't areas of Lodi like Chicago that are all black and you aren't welcome there anytime if you aren't black. Give me an example of a neighborhood in Lodi like many of Chicago's neighborhoods. I doubt you could find one that even comes close. The fact is: Lodi is exceptionally tolerant of race. "

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S & W 500 wrote on Aug 16, 2007 7:53 AM:

" Leonard, I say "throw the book" at any convicted criminal regardless of race. I do not have the statistical data to say you are wrong, however, who is committing the majority of crime in LODI? "

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Socrates wrote on Aug 16, 2007 7:21 AM:

" Lodi is diverse if you break it down according to ethnicities. Lodi has many Greeks, Germans, Italians, Arabs from Lebanon-Syria-Palestine, Mexicans, Japanese, Korean, Pakistanis, Sikhs and Hindus from India, Portuguese, and others ethnicities. The article is quite skewed and it seems the reporter was not raised in Lodi nor went to school here to see the differences. There is no problem with diversity. "

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ra wrote on Aug 15, 2007 7:32 PM:

" I reiterate what I have already documented in other discussions. FACT: Hispanics commit 36% more felonies and misdemeanors than whites in California per the U.S. Census and CA Attorney General data. It doesn't mean I dislike hispanics, it just points out if you add more per capita, crime will increase per capita based on the statistics. The liberals and hispanic racial supremacists wish to portray all whites as racists when in fact all human beings are racist. It just doesn't fit their agenda to admit it. "

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leonard wrote on Aug 15, 2007 5:47 PM:

" S&W .5: Most crimes in America are committed by white people. How does that effect your perception of the white race? "

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Leonard wrote on Aug 15, 2007 5:45 PM:

" Putnam isn't saying anything new. The bigots of yesteryear said exactly the same thing about the Italian, Irish and Jewish neighborhoods that dominated America's cities at the beginning of the last century. We all know how that turned out. "

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Private schools III wrote on Aug 15, 2007 2:35 PM:

" They believe in structure and discipline and responsibility and competition. Structure, discipline, responsibility and competion makes kids successful. But some kids don't feel good about themselves, so ALL KIDS have to suffer. Send your kids to private school if you want them to succeed. There are ten private schools in Lodi trying the best they can for EXCELLENCE instead of mediocrity and status quo excuses for failure. "

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Private school I II wrote on Aug 15, 2007 2:35 PM:

" The LUSD loves "diversity" and encourages kids to worship mediocrity, and the lowest common denominator. They also pretend they are teaching to academic standards. Why are the test scores soo extremely low??? I have heard the same lame excuses: socioeconomic, language barrier, cultural. EXCEPT, explain to me why Asian children from a lower socioeconomic environment, different languages spoken at home, different culture, consistently have the highest grades and highest rates of University admission AND graduation. You can't answer, because the liberal educrats know that Asian kids AND parents believe in work not talk or lame excuses. "

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S & W 500 wrote on Aug 15, 2007 11:40 AM:

" The reality behind intolerance of any race is perception based on behavior. Such behaviors may include: involvement in crime, refusing to assimilate by speaking "the National Language", abuse of social services, and not paying taxes. I, for one, do not like criminals! I also cannot stand anyone who uses OUR system, when they can work. I also believe that noone should procreate unless they have the means to support their decision to breed. Everyone has to pay their share of taxes, noone is exempt. "

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big bad bob wrote on Aug 15, 2007 9:27 AM:

" the trouble with lodi is there is very little wrong with it. It has the best climate in the country, the most arable soil, a ton of money in a lot of hands, friendly people (even if they choose to lie to you and smile when they don't want to), beautiful neighborhoods and a thousand other things that make it desirable. People of every background see it and want to live here. I can't blame them. "

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Metric Time System wrote on Aug 15, 2007 8:02 AM:

" To German Envy: If it wasn't for the many German descendants who gave their lives to build and prosper Lodi, it wouldn't be the great place today that many are proud to call home. To quote a late, great former mayor "I am from the greatest place this side of Heaven's gate; Lodi, California." "

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S & W 500 wrote on Aug 14, 2007 8:31 PM:

" Why are my comments not being posted? They are true, accurate, & non-offensive. "

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eek wrote on Aug 14, 2007 6:18 PM:

" Well... through this blog it appears the survey was correct. "

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GERMAN white Lodian wrote on Aug 14, 2007 5:08 PM:

" To Non-German White Lodian: Oh, so now we're blaming the germans? "

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To Non-white German wrote on Aug 14, 2007 4:37 PM:

" Actually, the Mexicans use almost the same statement as the Nazis. They say "Viva La Raza" Same thing, racist. "

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To Hopeful wrote on Aug 14, 2007 4:35 PM:

" It isn't a race or prejudice problem, nor is it an economic problem. It is a legality problem. America is a nation of laws, notice I said nation. I didn't say it was a playground for criminals, nor did I say it was an economic doormat for illegals to wipe their feet on. But they are doing all this anyways. This is a republic, and I plan on keeping it. "

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Lodian wrote on Aug 14, 2007 4:19 PM:

" Non-German White Lodian: Did you just refer/compare the old German Lodians to Nazi's? "

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Non-German White Lodian wrote on Aug 14, 2007 11:41 AM:

" I just wish we could have slowed all these Germans from immigrating here in the early 1900s. That'shy it's ironic that they're the most racist group, especially against other immigrants. I would think Lodi would be a much friendlier place if there weren't so many German descendents in this town. If you don't think they see themselves as "the great race", just look at the Nazis. "

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Hopeful wrote on Aug 14, 2007 11:15 AM:

" To “Lodian”: I feel about “illegals” [illegal immigrants] the same way I feel about anybody else – there are some whose company I enjoy, and others I don’t (LOL). Obviously there are social & economic considerations when one weighs the “value” of allowing vs. banishing illegal immigration (I encourage research into our agricultural economics, for example). As much as I’m not keen on Guzzardi’s article, he focused on attitudes towards diversity, as distinct from the issue of illegal immigration. My neighbors represent a variety of ethnicities, ages, religions, interests, and experiences, and I value such rich diversity. "

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Lodian wrote on Aug 14, 2007 9:35 AM:

" Hopeful: That was nicely said. I'm wondering... how do you feel about illegals? "

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fischgoth wrote on Aug 14, 2007 8:25 AM:

" I grew up in the Lodi area during the '60's. I remember thinking how awful it would have been to be a person of color. Blatant prejudice was very alive then and I don't believe it's changed all that much since. Any person entering this country illegally should be sent back to where they came from--not just Mexicans. My ancestors were grateful to come to America through Ellis Island. They worked hard, didn't expect (or want) anything free and they spoke English--maybe very broken but they spoke it. "

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Hopeful wrote on Aug 14, 2007 7:57 AM:

" This is disappointing. At worst I would've expected a variety of responses ranging from ignorant & racist to intelligent & thoughtful. I’m shocked at the overwhelmingly prejudiced theme here...To others reading these opinions: I HOPE you will not judge all Lodians by what you see here. Some of us are happy, intelligent people who enjoy a diverse community and embrace friends and colleagues of all backgrounds. I HOPE that someday we all will educate ourselves about immigration, culture, and diversity, so that HOPEfully this line of ignorant, hateful, fearful, harmful commentary does not repeat itself. "

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Lodian wrote on Aug 13, 2007 10:19 PM:

" Diverse: I'm wondering... where and what classes were taught to you only in Spanish? Besides Spanish class of course. "

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cj wrote on Aug 13, 2007 7:45 PM:

" Look at all the wanted posters and tell me that you want Lodi to be more diverse NOT... "

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I'm Sorry But... wrote on Aug 13, 2007 6:03 PM:

" There is way more then 25% hispanic in lodi! "

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To: Lady Liberty wrote on Aug 13, 2007 4:23 PM:

" You speak the truth!! i wish the rest of California would get it. and if the mexicans could understand english i wish they would put this in place of the spanish only bill-boards around town. pine & main, cherokee Ln., lockeford st. "

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Diverse wrote on Aug 13, 2007 12:21 PM:

" Mr. Guzzardi once again writes a great article. Lodi my not be diverse with large black and asian populations. But look at all the mexicans. Most being illegal. Its gotton out of control. I remember going to school (not too long ago) and having classes tought completely in spanish, it holds us back, and it made me unconfortable. We have to remember this is America. "

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Robert Barrington wrote on Aug 13, 2007 10:55 AM:

" There are three nooses that are strangling the life out of america. Until we cut off these nooses, we are doomed. They are called "diversity", "tolerance", "multiculturalism". Joe is correct again. "

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Lodi Girl wrote on Aug 13, 2007 10:08 AM:

" i grew up in Lodi, live in AZ now. I see the same intollerance for illegal immagration here, just the population shift has been more accuratly represented, oh and we have Sheriff Joe who is actually trying to do something about it. And to answer someone else earlier a lack of education and unwillingness to learn English does make me mad, so if that means I'm against diversity well then so be it. "

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Metric Time System wrote on Aug 13, 2007 8:25 AM:

" It seems this survey had a chosen few Lodians rank what they thought was important to the city. Crime, infrastructure, redevelopment, quality of life issues, etc. should be the top priority on anyone's list. Diversity and tolerance should be of the lowest priority as Lodi does not have a problem with crimes which target certain ethnic groups. "

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Dawes wrote on Aug 13, 2007 7:01 AM:

" To Roger I: Illegal invaders are not immigrants. Immigrants leave one nation state behind to become part of the culture of their new home nation. These illegals come here and demand that we accomodate their culture. But you being a Socialist believe that big bad America has been picking on everyone so it should bow down to all the world. Maybe you would be happier in Russia. "

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John Brown wrote on Aug 12, 2007 9:23 PM:

" Roger,Roger are we bitter??Or are you just a plain old troll...If you really hate America pack up and leave...I think I could dig up a first class Plane ticket to French Canada,Thats the east side of canada amigo ...Roger I, you are part of the reason after 16 years I left Lodi and California... "

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ra wrote on Aug 12, 2007 6:07 PM:

" Marin County, home of Barbara Boxer is nearly 90% white. This is hypocrisy of the left. Preach diversity as a wealthy white liberal living in all-white gated communities or areas like the bay area with cost of living too high for "undesirables" to live next door. "White flight" has occurred in the form of white liberals escaping the truly "diverse" central valley to the wealthy primarily white socialist enclaves of the Bay Area. "

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Mark wrote on Aug 12, 2007 5:57 PM:

" What an amazing collection of responses. Kind of proves the National Citizen Survey correct. Good job Lodi. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 12, 2007 3:12 PM:

" Yes, the real reason I dare post online is because I hate America so much. This level of ignorance is so pathetic and frightening. How mighty we have fallen to be so fearful of people coming here to work with a mere 6th grade level of education. Steer your blame & obvious hatred toward those employing them & congress not enacting reform. No, but it's easier to just pick on the Mexicans (I mean illegal immigrants). If no jobs were made available, then I guess we wouldn't be online sparring. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 12, 2007 3:05 PM:

" And the nonsense continues...The programs that Joe referred to which I agreed are, "outreach, like language classes available for anyone..." Language classes, as in learning English, not just to assimilate in America, but more importantly, to improve their economic positions by working in higher paying & even professional fields. Yes, this will also take away the excuse to be interolant of the uneducated. Again, the naysayers will disregard points written in the article to continue to promote negativity, and anyone disagreeing or worse, posting something contrary is labeled a socialist & liberal. "

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To Roger I wrote on Aug 12, 2007 12:20 PM:

" It's obvious that racial interolance will not end anytime soon in Lodi as long as they're are some that will so immediately and easily dismiss viable, non-polarizing and uniting answers ...." - Roger I Blah Blah Blah. Americans of Lodi are trying to stop our city from becoming a majority uneducated, social welfare 3rd world country, and you use the word "Racists". Do you hate America so much that you would see it collapse, while hiding behind the real Anti-Americans and racists? "

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WuzUp wrote on Aug 12, 2007 11:05 AM:

" Intolerant? Yes I'm intolerant! Intolerant of child molesters living near schools; intolerant of cultures that treat women as property and then continue this practice in the grocery store when my wife is in line shopping; intolerant of government agencies that expound great things and yet fail to respond adequately to a disaster; Intolerant of some that feel their point of view, religion, and way of life should be the only one available with the penalty being death! Intolerant? That's me alright! "

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Brian wrote on Aug 12, 2007 7:51 AM:

" Roger I., if the 75 percent whites would look into the many social programs the government provides they would see that the programs are biased toward Mexicans. If it wasn't for the social programs, many Mexicans would still be stuck in poverty. Ask a white person if he would be able to purchase a house if he was an illegal immigrant and had a fake ID. "

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Brian wrote on Aug 12, 2007 7:42 AM:

" To Joe-Wake Up, Quite the contrary. There is not even close to 75 percent Hispanics in Lodi. You wake up. 25 percent may be a little low. Perhaps you did your head count during the growing season when illegals are picking the crop and sending their money back home. Lack of ethnic diversity does not mean lack of ethnic tolerance. It's not Lodi's fault that many Mexicans lack higher education. Perhaps Lodi is intolerant of people who lack a higher education. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 12, 2007 7:41 AM:

" It's sad to see that some have just written off some of Joe's fine points just because they disagree with the word "diversity". It's obvious that racial interolance will not end anytime soon in Lodi as long as they're are some that will so immediately and easily dismiss viable, non-polarizing and uniting answers and possible solutions to this issue; which is important as Lodi, CA and the nation becomes more diversified. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 12, 2007 7:37 AM:

" I too was wondering about the 75% white statistics and discovered the following from the Lodi, CA Google detailed profile: White Non-Hispanic (63.5%); Hispanic (27.1%); Other race (14.0%); American Indian (1.8%); Asian Indian (1.3%); Other Asian (1.2%); Japanese (1.0%); Filipino (0.9%); Black (0.6%). This only states the obvious that Lodi is not very diverse. I would agree with the 63%+ of whites as it all depends what areas, functions, etc. you drive or conjugate in Lodi. "

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Lady Liberty wrote on Aug 11, 2007 10:50 PM:

" Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. Then come inside, don't bother to learn English, take my job for less, take all the money you can from me and everyone I know, let me pay for your education & your anchor babies. Overcrowd my child's classroom, and most of all don't EVER stop asking for MORE. The border is OPEN and my skirt is LIFTED. "

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John Brown wrote on Aug 11, 2007 7:34 PM:

" Part 2 But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also (note from Scott: take for instance African-American, Asian-American…) isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt, 1919 "

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John Brown wrote on Aug 11, 2007 7:32 PM:

" "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. PART 1 "

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To Roger I wrote on Aug 11, 2007 5:09 PM:

" The only bill of goods you want whites to buy is that "Diversity is great" but you open border, socialist, don't seem to understand is that balkanizing a nation so that there is not one dominant culture, will cause this country to collapse. OH wait that's what you Socialists want, as part of your revolution. "

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Joe - wake up! wrote on Aug 11, 2007 12:08 PM:

" Lodi is 75% white! Joe Guzzardi, have you been hiding in a hole or smoking crack? That is absolute nonsense. Drive around town for a day and just do a general head count. Then tell me that out of every 100 people you see, 75 of them are white'. NOT! More like 75 of them are Mexican. Whites are a minority and a dying breed. Why would anyone believe today's surveys. They skewed & distorted, srictly to dupe, coerce and manipulate society for their own purpose. Exactly like today's selfminded corrupt politicans. "

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OTH wrote on Aug 11, 2007 11:52 AM:

" I have lived in Lodi a long time. Are there intolerant people here, yes. But I don't believe these people are in any greater numbers than Modesto, Sac, Elk Grove. In fact probably less. You are going to have a certain amount of intolerance in any city. People who are intolerant are going to be that way here,in Utah, or Arizona. That's their makeup. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 11, 2007 11:27 AM:

" Despite our differing viewpoints, Lodi is still a very warm city. But one only needs to review the online blogs for any article or opinion involving Hispanics, immigrants, or immigration to see the ugliness of racial interolance coming forward. Unity is the key, but this needs to be sold to the white, voting, and in control majority for this to happen. "

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Marxist Suck wrote on Aug 11, 2007 11:26 AM:

" Diversity is just a PC word for Balkanization. "

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Roger I. wrote on Aug 11, 2007 11:24 AM:

" Joe, Lodi is not the most diverse city in CA. However, since we agree that Hispanics represent 25%, I disagree with you in that, "legitimate objections to illegal immigration CAN be the same as diversity intolerance." I do believe that as the 75% majority whites continue to lose ground while Hispanics gain, more objections to illegal immigration, AND Hispanics will increase. I see a direct connection between the two. Yes, Unity will help but as more "unifying" programs become available, the white majority hastily nixes them because they are associated with Hispanics, and therefore, illegal immigrants. "

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Social Guard wrote on Aug 11, 2007 10:35 AM:

" There are many cities in Los Angeles metro area that are 99%-100% Hispanic. Anyone complaining about how there are intolerant of diversity? Because they are. No, this survey was just another ploy by Cultural Marxists and egalatarians.. "

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