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When we hear the word "multiculturalism," some imagine people of all races and creeds holding hands, others imagine a clash of disparate cultures that cannot co-exist. There are many more nuanced definitions in between.
In the world of mainstream politics, there is now widespread acknowledgment that the failure of immigrants to properly integrate into the culture of their host nations is causing a lot more harm that good. The backlash against multiculturalism has begun to manifest itself as a rise of nationalist parties such as England's UKIP and France's National Front gaining more support from disillusioned countrymen.
In 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that,
" This [multicultural] approach has failed, utterly failed," Merkel told the meeting in Potsdam, west of Berlin, yesterday. "
Merkel also suggested that the onus was on immigrants to do more to integrate into German society, and late last year the European Court of Justice ruled that EU citizens who move to another member state "solely in order to obtain social assistance" may be excluded from receiving that assistance, an acknowledgement that multiculturalism's side effects are causing more harm than good.
Those interested in this topic should read Foreign Affairs' excellent article The Failure of Multiculturalism.
As a political tool, multiculturalism has functioned as not merely a response to diversity but also a means of constraining it. And that insight reveals a paradox. Multicultural policies accept as a given that societies are diverse, yet they implicitly assume that such diversity ends at the edges of minority communities. They seek to institutionalize diversity by putting people into ethnic and cultural boxes—into a singular, homogeneous Muslim community, for example—and defining their needs and rights accordingly. Such policies, in other words, have helped create the very divisions they were meant to manage.
(Score: 3, Informative) by azrael on Sunday May 24 2015, @07:33PM
There's also too much assuming going on that those other cultures aren't aren't as accepting. There's a great line in this article [policy-network.net]:
There's a case that with a little wider discussion of the results of multiculturalism some of these inaccurate perceptions can be challenged and fears calmed. The cynical, however, might suggest that there are some who see an advantage in maintaining that ignorance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 25 2015, @10:36PM
Is it possible to be muslim and still be loyal to another country? According to their book, no. Those who do not take islam first are not muslim
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 26 2015, @03:37AM
> Is it possible to be muslim and still be loyal to another country? According to their book, no. Those who do not take islam first are not muslim
You are correct. We also need to be aware that those who do not take Christianity first are not Christian.
"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other." Matthew 6:24
Similarly, the Apostle Paul wrote:
"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10
You just can't trust any of those religious fuckers, can you?