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Multiculturalism
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What does multiculturalism mean?
The term multiculturalism is the range of
cultural and ethnic diversity within the
population a country. A multicultural society
is one where a number of different ethnic groups
and their culture live alongside the predominant
indigenous ethnic group and their culture.
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Multiple identities/Shared Identities
An individual can have range of identities based
on their personal experience and history, they
can show allegiance to more than one group.
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What identities does Ed Husain have?
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Multiple identities/Shared Identities
"But supporting a team is not the true test of
being English. It's about the country you
consider your home, the place where you will
raise your kids. I'm very proud to support the
England football and cricket teams but I don't
believe that is the defining element of your
national identity."
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Shahid Malik, International Development Minister
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Reasons for our multicultural society
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4218740.stm
Migration...
TOP NON-UK BIRTH PLACES 2001 Eire
494,850 India 466,416 Pakistan 320,767 Germany
262,276 Caribbean 254,740 USA
155,030 Bangladesh 154,201 South Africa
140,201 Kenya 129,356 Italy 107,002
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The British by Benjamin ZephaniahServes 60
million(from 'Wicked World') Take some Picts,
Celts and SiluresAnd let them settle,Then
overrun them with Roman conquerors. Remove the
Romans after approximately 400 yearsAdd lots of
Norman French to someAngles, Saxons, Jutes and
Vikings, then stir vigorously. Mix some hot
Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,Trinidadians
and Bajans with some Ethiopians,
Chinese,Vietnamese and Sudanese. Then take a
blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, NigeriansAnd
Pakistanis, Combine with some GuyaneseAnd turn
up the heat. Sprinkle some fresh Indians,
Malaysians, Bosnians,Iraqis and Bangladeshis
together with someAfghans, Spanish, Turkish,
Kurdish, JapaneseAnd Palestinians Then add to
the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to
simmer. As they mix and blend allow their
languages to flourishBinding them together with
English. Allow time to be cool. Add some unity,
understanding, and respect for the future,Serve
with justiceAnd enjoy. Note All the
ingredients are equally important. Treating one
ingredient better than another will leave a
bitter unpleasant taste. Warning An unequal
spread of justice will damage the people and
cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.
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"Being British is about driving in a German car
to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then
travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a
Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish
furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese
TV. And the most British thing of all? Suspicion
of anything foreign ". Anonymous
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Automated
pre 1066A succession of invading forces brought
new people and their cultures to what is
modern-day Britain. These included the Romans,
Jutes, Angles, Saxons and Vikings
1685Religious persecution forces 100,000
Huguenots (French Protestants) to leave France
for Britain
U.K. Migration
1840sWidespread famine forces thousands of
people to leave Ireland. Many come to Britain
1066The Normans invade Britain and become the
dominant force. Their legacy laid the foundations
of the Britain we live in today
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1914 - 1918The First World War creates huge
numbers of refugees, many of whom choose to
escape mainland Europe and come to Britain
1848With a spate of revolutions breaking out in
mainland Europe, Britain becomes the destination
of choice for many refugees
U.K. Migration
1880sFleeing oppression in Europe, hundreds of
thousands of Jews seek sanctuary in Britain
1939 - 1945Again with the outbreak of the Second
World War, refugees seek to escape Nazi rule and
the fighting by travelling to the UK
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1946Hundreds of thousands of people from across
Eastern Europe seek refuge in the UK following
the establishment of Communism
197228,000 Ugandan Asians settle in the UK after
being expelled from Uganda
U.K. Migration
1948Many West Indians decide to settle in
Britain, which needs to boost its depleted
workforce after WW2
1975Political unrest and war in South-East Asia
results in many seeking a new life in Britain
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1980sAttracted by opportunities for those with
specialist skills and professional training,
large numbers of Australians, New Zealanders and
South Africans move to the UK
1998 - 2002During these years 45,000 people
arrive from Africa, 22,700 from the Indian
sub-continent and 25,000 from Asia
U.K. Migration
1992 - 1998Ethnic disputes in the Balkans force
thousands to seek refuge in Western Europe. Many
seek asylum in the UK
2002Asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iraq,
economic migrants from Eastern Europe due to E.U.
enlargement.
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British Empire 1583-1945
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Any remember the British Empire.
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European Union
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The Treaty of Rome means that all citizens of
E.U. countries have the legal right to work and
settle here.
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Evidence of a multicultural society.
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A rebranded Jack.
http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2981038.stm
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Is the UK multicultural?
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http//www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id273

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Is my place multicultural?
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http//www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/1
7UG-A.asp
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Is the UK multicultural?
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1990118.stm
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Holland
Brazil
England
England
Senegal
Van De Sar
Anderson
Beardsley
Neville
Evra
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Canada
France
Serbia
Argentina
Portugal
Hargreaves
Ronaldo
Saha
Vidic
Tevez
A selection of Manchester United first team
players 2007-2008
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Cultural Fusion
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Benefits
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Challenges
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Conflicting ideas and beliefs.
Shambo 2007
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Challenges
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Conflicting ideas and beliefs.
Danish cartoons 2007
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Challenges
Shambo 2007
Danish Cartoon Row 2006
Racism
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Smoking ban
London Bombings
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Is multiculturalism working?
Well, I think the answer is this, the fact that
we are a multicultural society is it just that,
it is a fact and it has been for 2,000 years,
that's the nature of Britishness, that's why it's
such a capacious accommodating identity. The
problem is that if you put that into practice in
a certain way, what you end up doing is
separating people, and what I discovered when I
became chair of the CRE three years ago was that
too many public authorities particularly were
taking diversity to a point where they were
saying, 'actually we're going to reward you for
being different, we're going to give you a
community centre only if you are Pakistani or
African Caribbean and so on, but we're not going
to encourage you to be part of the community of
our town.'
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Trevor Philips Commission for Equality and Human
Rights.
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Is multiculturalism working?
He told the congregation "Together we can make a
Britain in which many minority ethnic people will
feel it is their dwelling tent too - without
making the indigenous population feel that this
is no longer the Britain of their fathers.
"Today, there is a great deal of talk about
social inclusion and community cohesion. "But
surely we must go beyond inclusion and cohesion
to a vision of true humanity as we see it in the
face of Jesus Christ. "I believe we should talk
more about the common good and the values that
have shaped this nation and less and less about
multi-culturalism and cultural diversity.
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http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire
/6210431.stm
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Is multiculturalism working?
Challenges Benefits
Social
Economic
Political
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Multiculturalism and the future/s...
Or
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Salad Bowl
What is the future for culture in the United
Kingdom?
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Multiculturalism and the future/s...
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Ethnic groups integrate into wider society. They
begin to influence the dominant culture of the
country, the culture evolves over time and
cultural fusion occurs. The so called melting pot
idea. This process continues over time as new
ethnic groups enter the country.
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Multiculturalism and the future...
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The ethnic groups integrate into society, they
retain their own culture, whilst adopting, or
some aspects of, the dominant culture of the
country, people have multiple identities. The
ethnic groups live alongside the indigenous
population called cultural pluralism.
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Multiculturalism and the future...
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Ethnic groups do not integrate into wider
society, they retain their own culture and reject
the dominant culture. So called Balkanisation.
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