Curt Mills Blog 6

6. Discuss a current case of “an
anticipatory strategy adopted by
dominant groups which are
threatened with marginalization or
exclusion from an emerging
nationally-imagined community.

The most poignant case of the above described is the current case of the United Kingdom, a microcosm and example case of the broader problem in Europe.  Faced with a staggering Euro crisis, and economic downturn, immigration fears and concerns over foreigners have absolutely soared.   German chancellor Angela Merkel in 2010 famously declared that multiculturalism had "utterly failed."  She was joined by British PM David Cameron and then French President Nicolas Sarkozy.  Muslim communities and immigrants are routinely discriminated against in Europe. Further, much of the anti immigrant further is to prevent further immigration.  Thoughts like, if we have this many Muslims now, what would it possibly be like if we had even more?  These are the thoughts that can permeate the European psyche.  Anti immigrant parties are currently enjoying a huge, relative spike in the European polls.  The British UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, is perhaps the most prominent example.  UKIP is spiking in current British polls and is expected to excel in the next elections.  Another example, and much more disturbing, is the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party which did quite well in the last election.  Sadly, more than five percent of the vote.