Word: blainey
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Historian Geoffrey Blainey is among those who argue for reducing immigration, but other analysts find the notion unrealistic. "Human movement is the feature of our epoch. Nations that put up barriers will no longer be part of any world community," says Mary Kalantzis, a historian at Wollongong University's Center for Multicultural Studies. Kalantzis thinks old forms of national identity that seek to forge a nation around a single ethnic group are no longer viable...