On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's this deep seated inverse relationship between cultural > diversity and trust that is going to be a challenge when we undeniably > face increasing globalization, and personal mobility.
On college campuses, which get a lot of diversity and new faces every year there's a party week or two at the start of the year when all the new people get to mix with the locals and feel welcome. Immigrant student clubs will often turn up at the airport to welcome foreign students and make them feel less threatened. On a recent visit I noticed that Singapore seems to do this at a larger scale - where there are a lot of neighborhood outreach programs that bridge the ethnic gaps. There are weekly meetings, outreach workers and such. Maybe Chew Lin can expand? My small Swiss town has many immigrants and holds an annual party where I get to put a cultural tag to the people I otherwise only ever see on the local train swaddled in identical winter coats and business attire.
