2011-02-09 iTWire: Linus Torvaldsin haastattelu

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ITWire teki pitkähkön haastattelun Torvaldsista, jossa sivuttiin monikulttuurisuuttakin.

Torvalds kertoo välttävänsä kumpaakin ääripäätä. Ei pidä ghettoutumista hyvänä asiana ja on sitä mieltä, että maahanmuutaja ei voi säilyttää sellaisenaan omaa kulttuuriaan, vaan on myös sopeuduttava. Artikkelissa asiaa käsitelty  hiukan laajemmin mm. Torvaldsien perheen omaa sopeutumista yhdysvaltoihin, uskontoa ja tietysti vähän teknisempääkin asiaa.

iTWire: Where do you stand on this whole debate about multiculturalism? Both the US and Australia are melting pots with lots and lots of cultures so the debate is very much alive here. As I guess it must be there too, especially during a time like this when the economy is shot to pieces.

LT: Well, I think one reason I've avoided having to think too much about that discussion is that realistically, it's not like I come from some wildly different cultural background. It's not like the whole "move from Western Europe to the US" was a huge shift of culture. Sure, there are differences, but we're still fundamentally talking "Western culture" and it's not exactly hard fitting in with light skin, blue eyes and brown hair.

And I'm not a huge fan of some rigid multiculturalism and some hardline "you should protect your own culture". If you move to a new place, you certainly don't need to adopt every single cultural notion of that place, but I also think it's crazy and inflexible to think that you should try to take your culture with you. You moved. Deal with it. Don't try to re-create your homeland in the new place. I think it's really sad to see all those "enclaves" where people of the same background move together to make er for them to stay the same and keep their old culture. They may make for some great tourist areas or interesting food places, but still...

But as mentioned, it's easy for me to say. I didn't feel (or look) all that out of place.

http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/44975-linus-torvalds-looking-back-looking-forward

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ITWire teki pitkähkän haastattelun Torvaldsista, jossa sivuttiin monikulttuurisuuttakin.

iTWire: Where do you stand on this whole debate about multiculturalism? Both the US and Australia are melting pots with lots and lots of cultures so the debate is very much alive here. As I guess it must be there too, especially during a time like this when the economy is shot to pieces.

LT: Well, I think one reason I've avoided having to think too much about that discussion is that realistically, it's not like I come from some wildly different cultural background. It's not like the whole "move from Western Europe to the US" was a huge shift of culture. Sure, there are differences, but we're still fundamentally talking "Western culture" and it's not exactly hard fitting in with light skin, blue eyes and brown hair.

And I'm not a huge fan of some rigid multiculturalism and some hardline "you should protect your own culture". If you move to a new place, you certainly don't need to adopt every single cultural notion of that place, but I also think it's crazy and inflexible to think that you should try to take your culture with you. You moved. Deal with it. Don't try to re-create your homeland in the new place. I think it's really sad to see all those "enclaves" where people of the same background move together to make er for them to stay the same and keep their old culture. They may make for some great tourist areas or interesting food places, but still...

But as mentioned, it's easy for me to say. I didn't feel (or look) all that out of place.

http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/44975-linus-torvalds-looking-back-looking-forward

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