tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post2289972379562164127..comments2024-03-28T02:29:13.507-07:00Comments on Legal Ruralism: Possible institutions of rural integration: Catholic church and the medical fieldLisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-70800651589073824322011-10-19T17:40:00.242-07:002011-10-19T17:40:00.242-07:00Maybe one good side effect of globalization will b...Maybe one good side effect of globalization will be increased integration? I've mentioned in class before that the suburb where I lived in Tennessee was predominantly white but did have a fairly large population of immigrants from Indian and other Asian countries. They came to this Memphis suburb to work for giant corporations like FedEx and International Paper. Of course, Memphis is a major metropolitan area. Rural areas might not attract the same kind of migration. But, as we saw in Morristown, maybe our global workforce really will bring diversity to far reaches of the U.S.?JLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483353744677142000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-51212912631818562312011-10-19T12:19:33.983-07:002011-10-19T12:19:33.983-07:00As a Catholic I have had the opportunity to meet a...As a Catholic I have had the opportunity to meet a few foreign priests, though not one from India. One church I visited had a newly arrived priest from Uganda. While the church had a few black parishioners, the uniqueness of someone from Africa attracted many curious inquiries. <br /><br />These kinds of visits really do open up communities to new ideas. And I also agree that these kinds of interactions are more organic than programs like busing.<br /><br />But with there being so few foreign doctors and priests to interact with, how can more exposure occur in predominately white areas organically? Should the protestant churches also look into programs to provide rural churches with minority and foreign pastors?ScottA.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18192646741353414328noreply@blogger.com