"Scotland has a chance to redefine Western governance"
by Alex Pearlman
by Alex Pearlman
The SNP has always been ahead of the curve in electing women to office, and Scotland’s parliament boasts an impressive percentage of female members, at just over 30 percent. The rest of Scottish government, however, is overwhelmingly white and male. That make-up feels antiquated today as Scotland has absorbed refugees through United Nations-supported amnesty initiatives and immigrants thanks to the European Union’s porous borders.
Salmond also has said that the new government will support talented international students who want to stay after school, skilled workers, and entrepreneurs with outside voices. With this kind of open-minded immigration policy, Scotland will, in just a short time, be far less homogeneous. Scotland should ensure that women and people of color are elected to public office. In doing so, they will be constructing a political system that doesn’t just represent Scotland today but the country a generation from now as well.
"Scotland will, in just a short time, be far less homogeneous."
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As noted, the above article was written by Alex Pearlman; here's some information about Mr. Pearlman, taken from his Linkedin webpage:
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow
NYU Langone Medical Center
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Hospital & Health Care industry
May 2002 – September 2011 (9 years 5 months) Greater New York City Area
-Develop clinical models for cancer therapy,
-Computational Modeling of Cancer Genomes,
-Positional Cloning and Functional Analysis of Disorders of Sexual Development,
-Population Genetics of Jewish Diaspora
-Computational Modeling of Cancer Genomes,
-Positional Cloning and Functional Analysis of Disorders of Sexual Development,
-Population Genetics of Jewish Diaspora
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I wonder if Mr. Pearlman would be so enthusiastic about Israel implementing the same kind of "open-minded" immigration policy as the one he is so keen to foist on Scotland. Because if Israel were to adopt such a policy, Israel would, "in just a short time, be far less homogeneous."
