A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit.
Depends on what you mean by that term. Generally, I'd say a single nation-state that tries to maintain many different cultures, without some kind of unifying national identity is bound for failure. Not that I'm a fan of "national identity", but if a state is to be "successful" it does need something that unifies its citizens in some way.
[QUOTE="Zeviander"]A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit. This, and it f*cks with national identity.
A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit.Zeviander
i agree completly.
you can have nationalism and people of many cultures and ethnicity's at the same time.
I just finished a paper on this lol. What most have said is how I feel about it and in Canada it has diminished the Aboriginal and French Canadian movements considerably by reducing them to just another national minority, but they have a much larger stake in Canada than other minorities.
[QUOTE="Zeviander"]A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit. This...
A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit.Zeviander
I think that multiculturalism is a fine thing indeed. It prevents a nations culture from growing stagnant and forces it's citizens to learn to respect the differences of one another. I also believe that it broadens a countries cultural output such as in art, movies, music, literature, and videogames, thus increasing that countries cultural relevance in the world.
While it may sound nice, by it's definition, it can't adequately address the social, political and economic inequities among the the racial and ethic groups. Diversity and multiculturalism is a nice concept, but equity is what should be exercised.
It's a good rule of thumb that an intelligent mind is more diverse than a limited mind. The same rule applies to a country as it does to the individual.
A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit.Zeviander
I like it a lot. It brings diversity and variety to people. It makes us learn about others religion and habits,culture and people. With that there are problems but if you open minded there is a lot more good than bad. My grandma use to say,we should look for what brings us together not what separates us.
I like it a lot. It brings diversity and variety to people. It makes us learn about others religion and habits,culture and people. With that there are problems but if you open minded there is a lot more good than bad. My grandma use to say,we should look for what brings us together not what separates us. Borrizee
[QUOTE="Borrizee"]I like it a lot. It brings diversity and variety to people. It makes us learn about others religion and habits,culture and people. With that there are problems but if you open minded there is a lot more good than bad. My grandma use to say,we should look for what brings us together not what separates us. GazaAli
How is multiculturalism in Belgium? In Belgium we have a lot of religions and nationality s besides eachother. Most of the people are from marocco or turkey. Besides that we have a lot of Asian people and Italians. Those are the biggest groups I think. I like it a lot,I have friends from all different nationality s and religions. We discuss religion and culture on a civilized way and we learn a lot from eachother. The only thing that in my opinion is wrong is that most people from the same origin are living in the same streets and buildings. It's not only there fault because our government likes it that way,it's easy to controle they think. But if you want people to integrate in society it's better to let them live with the people born here my opinion.
It just means that there are many different cultures in one country, but the different cultures are not intergrated.
same as food. you can get a platter with many different styles of food on one big plate, or you can eat localized food like japanese-style curry and californian roll sushi.
it is great to experence diverse culture and the different style of food i could taste plus extra national holiday for my country. a multicultural society still perceive if you dont fit in you're out mentality as with other nation that does not have multiculturalism.
The history of human civilization is one of multiculturalism.
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That's actually an interesting remark. We all talk about multiculturalism as if its something radically new while in fact it has been always part of major civilizations and empires.
A failure. It has created segregated, insular communities, rather than integrating immigrants into the society they enter. The melting pot works a million times better, and still allows people to retain however much of their culture as they see fit.Zeviander
As someone else said, it depends on how you define multiculturalism. One could easily refer to a melting pot as multiculturalism.
I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.
I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.Crunchy_Nuts
Agreed. Japan and South Korea are homogeneous mono-cultural countries and their known for technological advances in the modern age. Now multicultural countries like India, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Iran, not so much. :P
[QUOTE="Crunchy_Nuts"]I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.gamerguru100
Agreed. Japan and South Korea are homogeneous mono-cultural countries and their known for technological advances in the modern age. Now multicultural countries like India, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Iran, not so much. :P OH DEVIN if only during your forays into the world of demographic statistics you had educated yourself on the subject of selection bias
[QUOTE="gamerguru100"][QUOTE="Crunchy_Nuts"]I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.MannyDelgado
Agreed. Japan and South Korea are homogeneous mono-cultural countries and their known for technological advances in the modern age. Now multicultural countries like India, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Iran, not so much. :P OH DEVIN if only during your forays into the world of demographic statistics you had educated yourself on the subject of selection bias At least you spelled my name right. Thanks.
I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.Crunchy_Nuts
[QUOTE="Crunchy_Nuts"]I definitely feel that the world would be a better place if everyone just lived in their own country. People wouldn't have to combat the problem of multiculturism and could better focus on more important things like technology and trade.Abbeten
so...you're against immigration in general? It drives down wages
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