I think the ‘body type’ is the rub here; a lot of the folks who perform with Ballez aren’t anywhere near what the “standard” “traditional” ballet dancer body type would be. If you take a look at the cast photos on the Shows section of the Ballez site, you see plenty of folks who don’t have Misty Copeland bodies. Also,…

Also see Maria Tallchief. America’s first prima ballerina . . . and Osage.

It’s like they’ve never heard of the Trocks. Or, as other people have pointed out, Alvin Ailey, Mark Morris, Matthew Bourne, etc.

Mark Morris’ troupe has been a diverse mix of races, body types, and queerness for something like 30 years.

Ask the Pakistani immigrants how “welcome” they feel in the UK. Britain has a shameful class system, not to mention your shameful history of colonialism as well as the occupation of North Ireland. So please, give me a break.

Remember, only foreigners are allowed to lecture Americans about America. Americans must never comment about Europe. For reasons...........

I do agree with much of what you have said, but you shouldn’t downplay the clearly noticeable surge in racist and xenophobic sentiments in Germany. I mean... the AfD is gaining voters every day, and they are as anti-refugees as you can get. 24% for the AfD in Lower Saxony and even in Ba-Wü 15%! And the NPD managed up…

Every word of this. Something like one in four French citizens has an immigrant/foreigner grandparent... not to mention the fact that calling people from the former empire “immigrants” is IMO pretty dicey to begin with, since many of of the Algerians I know come from families who actually settled here while Algeria…

Yeah, so much of this person’s perspective is completely nonsensical. I mean, not to mention the fact that the UK’s biggest immigration controversy at the moment is about “white” immigrants from Eastern Europe (or at least people who would be white according to the American perspective, which is admittedly imperfect…

The clash is inevitable for sure. But lots of people, especially younger people, do not agree with the “colonial mindset” and were born much later. There is a real generational divide. I think that not adopting the Euro is better for us. Seeing the collisions between Greece and Germany was bad enough. The Euro has…

Look at France, for example, where immigrants from North Africa are basically put in a ghetto and discriminated against

Europe was always primarily about money. It was founded as an economic partnership zone and this is it’s main function. That and improvement of living standards (my home area got a lot of money for regeneration and environmental factors) have been the greatest success. The idea of extending it to cultural “hermetic”…

Jezebel sometimes has amazing articles that are in depth, well researched and revealing - but it’s commentary on issues outside of the USA is so often lackluster and inaccurate, and the standard has been steadily decreasing in recent times, with a lot more commentary on pop culture and shallow observational pieces.…

Jezebel and Gawker are good for snark, and for quick empty updates on trivial and/or breaking news. Actual in depth reporting, however, is a joke. It's abysmal. I hate read both, and I can't seem to stop.

*mic drop*

You’re conflating unlike situations. The North African and Turkish populations in France and Germany are largely the children and grandchildren of immigrants. In France, they’re almost all citizens. At that point, the issues at play become a lot more like American anti-black racism and islamophobia than anti-immigrant…

How does this not have all the stars?!

Danke! I am but a mere American, but I have a degree in German studies and wrote a thesis on Multikulti (and whether or not it really ist tot). The way Jez writes about Germany, and really most non-US cultures, is pretty bad.

But Trump and all GOP supporters do make up large part of the US. The US is a lot better than most countries in welcoming immigrants, but the last few months there has been a huge backlash and huge rise in hate crimes.

Yes, but early reports linked these men to known and organised groups, mostly with roots in Morocco and Algeria. These are not refugees. They are not recent immigrants. They are criminals. To conflate their actions with those of people fleeing for their lives, is deeply troubling.