Elif Shafak on multiculturalism, the power of stories and making the political personal 

@@bankerbilbo7472 yürü be:)

Same

Can’t blame ya

Get in line. Almost done with 40 Rules of Love myself and sent Three Daughters of Eve to my dear ex wife.

She supported Erdoğan until last years, for her populism.

@@zingardoh1 she is the opposite of Erdogan

@@zingardoh1 She is so so eloquent , what a precious person is she for our world :)))

Turkey does not need to someone who uses bad words against Turkey. I know she seems nice but I live in Turkey and we do not like her in our country. Not because she is feminist. Because she uses wrong informations...

Elif is one of the first collaborates of the Islamic government in Turkey, with her other liberal friends. She had the role of to bash out the criticisms from the seculars against the new Islamic government. Then, when the Islamic government needed her no further, she fled to the UK. Now, the Turkish seculars suffer under the Islamic government, and she enjoys London.

No, we don't. So shut up, if you lived in Turkey and were Turkish , you would not like her.

@@norell791 What I Meant Is 'We Dont Need Her To Come and Lecture Us'. She Ran away from Turkey because of Islam.

She newer lives in Turkey. She doesn't know about Turkey at all. Like she blames turkey and Pakistan only. She doesn't talk about other world problem...

I live in the UK and wish for the same over a nice cup of tea ! Elif always makes one think even if we don 't always agree with everything she says .She gives pause for thought .

@@pewienkurczak4581 I don't ned applie for residency I am rich I can buy any citizenship in the world is nothing to do with citizenship what I was trying to say is even in uk they look at you and they judge you for your ethnicity without knowing you

summerian anunnaki That’s a normal feeling. You’re not English, you’re turkish with adopted english mentality, of course you’re not going to be neither here nor there, you decided to be neither.

You are in "Araf".

Intelligent people don't belong anywhere the populist Right gets a foot hold.

My goodness just the idea of what that conversation would entail is intellectually orgasmic!

Why? Peterson is a grifter who narcissistically pretends to know more than he does. Shafak shows a willingness to learn.

@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 Yup... But I wrote that 5 years ago. At that point he still seemed intellectually humble. And so the idea of an intellectual discussion between people with different views seemed interesting.

Yeah, because hating your country is so much cooler! She needs a little more education and you need to relearn British history it seems..

@UC898RRLwdySf8M9LvHq6MFw im answering the original post.. your question is rhetorical unless you're an absolute trogg-brained idiot?

@my playlist shows why men are rejecting marriage I think you've got brain problems.

@my playlist shows why men are rejecting marriage They must be the worst teachers because Im answering the original post, not yours! Fix your lopsided brain before you harrass me with your stupidity again.

Patriotism should be about the welfare of people, not about flag waving and xenophobia, imo.

Fun ?

Couldn't agree more I shouldn't be surprised by the number of dislikes.

no. in Turkey, cutting head is never happened in recent centuries and no one asks for it. It is an arabic attitude. A few days ago, a syrian immigrant man in Turkey threatened someone to cut his head off in an interview and received a huge reaction on social media. He was subsequently arrested and deported.

keykey Good on Turkey.

@@louptrjack7354 you know Turkey wrong

@@norell791 ne anlatıyosun ablacım sen?

@@Gggbvcx ahh there it is we can always rely on racism when you're stuck for something intelligent to say. Got anything a bit more original mate?

Oh my god she's trying to GET PEOPLE TO THINK AND NOT "ASK GOOGLE/ SIRI/ALEXA"

@@chuckboris3844 asking Siri questions is all you need in life!

I guess that's what she said. Just that while forming opinions, one should strive to stay away from Twitter hashtags and politicians.

Christian Moore Are you saying men and women are one and the same? Gender is an identity?

@@WateryFire Men and women are similar in some ways and different in others. Gender is a form of identity, yes. Any other inane questions?

CDM 1 It took you a year to respond and even now you don’t answer. Why bother? Oh, please don’t reply.

Perhaps because many teachers are spending their time focusing on kids arriving without any English

obviously

If this is what you gathered from what she said for 44 minutes, good luck with your comprehension. Turkey cannot join EU now because the country it turned into, and some part of the reason for that transformation were the elites of Turkey and distrust of the west towards all Turks.

@@vbcool83 if that's all you know about Turkey, good luck with your life!

@@CanaryAlien I very much know about Turkey and have travelled to Istanbul - there are all kinds of people in Turkey - Islamic fanatics, moderates who side with fanatics and seculars who oppose both the silent moderates and Islamic fanatics. Ironically, Indian politics is similar, but we have to contend with two religions here instead of just one. So before you talk the language of politicians try to be a human, so that better politicians can emerge.

@@vbcool83 "try to be a human"... That's a very clever piece of advice, I'll try to be a human from now on. Thanks a lot. What is "ironic" about your comment about India?

I am Turkish and intelligent.Most of us are intelligent.But you are stupid to write such a comment

who made you the voice of the people, sod off

And also I would say most working class do agree with her.

Pat H oh the irony 😂

She's a classy lady and intellectual. Perhaps you should stick to page 3

karim Tabrizi it's the "intellectuals" that tend to be out of touch with the average brit. It's the "intellectuals" that got us into this multi cultural mess by assuming they know what's best

@my playlist shows why men are rejecting marriage Forgive me, my last response seems closed. Your original question before you changed the post was “why do you comment against you own best interest?” You raise a very good question, and one that goes to the heart of the multicultural debate. People on both sides of the debate believe they have the best interests of their country. From some that dislike immigration, I can see that new people coming in to the country with different cultures might be conceived as a threat. Perhaps they believe there will be less resources to go around as a result of more people, or that wages are being suppressed as people accept lower pay. All these concerns are reasonable and one might even say intuitive. But that’s only a feeling. You have to look at the evidence before you can conclude the truth of these feelings. In terms of financial stability, in today’s world the large economies have the most weight and bargaining power for preferential trade deals. The USA, EU and China are the largest. After that, India, Japan, Brazil Russia and Indonesia. All of these trading entities have access to large populations. In terms of culture, most people don’t uproot their livelihoods to move to another country if they don’t think that country is a place they would like to live and work. Studies have been done that show immigrants contribute proportionally more to the economy than domestic workers. The countries with the highest immigration are often the ones with many job vacancies. The idea that immigrants are on the whole taking domestic workers jobs is not borne out by the evidence. In terms of cultural threats, I agree that low education, ultra conservative ideologies do not by nature integrate well in to host countries, but it does happen. I my view, this remains the greatest challenge to harmony within a multicultural society. But it takes all cultures to look for mutual understanding before any level of societal integration can happen. With regards to the Brexit vote, there was a very good reason in the UK why UK citizens in the regions of highest immigration were more likely to vote in favour of staying in the EU. It’s because they know many immigrants and call them friends, colleagues, nurse, doctor, teacher and pupil (education forms a massive part of the immigration numbers in the UK). The more people know and understand their fellow person, the less threat they become. Other than one or two areas in the UK, the highest leave voting areas had a tiny proportion of immigrants. Of course these people will be more likely to distrust people they haven’t met. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-workers-uk-tax-treasury-brexit-migrants-british-citizens-a8542506.html www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/jp9z/unem migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/the-labour-market-effects-of-immigration/ theconversation.com/hard-evidence-how-areas-with-low-immigration-voted-mainly-for-brexit-62138 migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/where-do-migrants-live-in-the-uk/

Thank you for your response. I appreciate it. There are many reasons why people wish to live in other countries. The term “migrant/immigrant” covers so many different types of people and personal circumstances. Some migrants move for economic reasons, some for work experience, others for cultural reasons, some for education and research, some to avoid oppression and others for love. I think it’s also important to separate Illegal economic migrants and genuine asylum seekers. Illegal economic migrants should be returned to their country of origin as there will be no protections for them in a different country. Genuine asylum seekers need support. Personally, I wouldn’t say people always abandon their birth countries or think that they are so bad. I know someone that came to the UK for love and left behind a country they feel passionately for. Some people have no intention of staying in a host country, like the majority of foreign students or contract professionals. Depending on the individual circumstances, there are many reasons why individuals who emigrate choose to return to their birth countries. A recent example would be the expanding Polish economy and their efforts to court Poles in the UK to return to Poland. I can understand how someone might feel they belong to more than one place. If you were to spend time in another country that you liked and felt comfortable in, I’m sure you would naturally start to feel attached to the place and the people. I think it’s the highest complement to come from one culture and choose to spend part of one’s life living and working in another. As long as it’s done in a respectful way. www.ft.com/content/2329a046-ba6f-11e7-8c12-5661783e5589 www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/july2018revisedfrommaycoveringtheperiodtodecember2017

@my playlist shows why men are rejecting marriage Well now you've just become a troll. Shame.

Keep reading and learning- but I think she's a real babe!