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26 Colum. J. Eur. L. 54 (2019-2021)
'Act Normal or Leave': When Law and Culture Collide

handle is hein.journals/coljeul26 and id is 366 raw text is: 'ACT NORMAL OR LEAVE': WHEN LAW AND CULTURE COLLIDE Heidi R. Gilchrist * I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose.1 -Mesut Ozil, former member of German national soccer team winner of 2014 World Cup Nobody has the right to not be offended. That right doesn't exist in any declaration I have ever read. If you are offended it is your problem, and frankly lots of things offend lots ofpeople.2 -Salman Rushdie INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 55 I. LEGISLATING N ORM AL....................................................................... 56 A. Background - Head Scarf Bans.................................................... 56 B. Crim inal Dress - The Burqa........................................................ 59 C . The Burkini D ebacle ................................................................... 65 II. THE UNITED STATES EQUIVALENT - 'SAGGY PANTS' ............................. 67 III. FORCED ASSIMILATION, INTEGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ............ 73 IV. DO IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES HAVE A DUTY TO INTEGRATE INTO THEIR H OST COUNTRY?......................................................................... 75 V . D IVERSITY AND INCLUSION ...................................................................... 79 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 82 * Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Brooklyn Law School; Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School. The author would like to thank Heidi Brown, Tuneen Chisholm, Maryellen Fullerton, Susan Hazeldean, Susan Herman, Ted Janger, Zachary Kaufman, Christopher Lund, Dwayne Shivnarain, Milena Sterio, and the participants in the IVR World Congress: Dignity, Diversity, Democracy at the University of Lucerne; the V International Scientific Conference at the University of Deusto, the Protection of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in an Age of Exits Conference at the Hague University of Applied Sciences, and the SEALS Conference for their incredibly thoughtful and helpful comments. She would also like to thank Gabriella Manduca for excellent research assistance. I Isaac Stanley-Becker, Mesut Ozil: World cup player says he is a German when we win but an immigrant when we lose, quits national team, WASH. POST (July 23, 2018, 4:16 AM), https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/23/quitting-national-team-world-cup- player-says-he-is-a-german-when-we-win-but-an-immigrant-when-we-lose/?utm term=.1cf2dcfc8b5d. 2 Robin Banerji, Sir Salman Rushdie: Pakistan on the Road to Tyranny, BBC WORLD SERVICE (Sept. 18, 2012), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-19624100#:-:text=%22Nobody%20has%20 the%20right%20to,unattractive%20in%20what%20they%20say. 54

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