mar
02
I was on the internet and suddenly I found an interesting question about the topic of this blog made by a person which nickname is TheGuru.The Guru - Question
Multiculturalism...good or bad?
...and why?
I picked some answers, that I thought being the best ones..
Yes it has benefits for those members of society who are not ignorant and full of fear, but for others it has many setbacks, one being cheap labour taking jobs from citizens, which leads to more resentment directed at the immigrants. Unfortunately this is the fault of government, though they will claim to be 'embracing multiculturalism', what a load of bologne!!!
Many countries set entry tests that are deliberately aimed at weeding out the applicants who will find it difficult to gain employment. basically you can come to our country if you pay unbelievably high taxes, otherwise take your culture and stick it.
-paranoid-
Good, it helps a country maintain it's identity while embracing change, yet not to an extent that it looses its own identity. Multiculturalism benefits society in that it challenges the individuals within it to widen out in their own view of their own culture towards a direction that will ultimately benefit their country economically, politically, socially, and individually.
-Special_friend_egg-
We live in a world of diverse people. In times past, it was not that big of a deal. 300 years ago, it took months to travel from the United States to Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.. It took days to travel from city to city, and weeks to get from one coast to the other. Just simple correspondences between cities took days or weeks. Communications between people from different nations, if possible, could take months and News took days weeks or even months to circulate. Today, you pretty much get from anyplace in the world to anyplace else in 24 hours, (if you have the money) I can communicate virtually instantaneously with people from all around the world using telephones and e-mail. News happens and we know about it in only a few moments. 300 years ago, most people never let the confines of their villages and towns and meeting people from other lands and cultures, for the average person, was almost unheard of. Today, we are exposed to other cutlers on a regular basis. Ignoring them in foolish.
Multiculturalism has been around for centuries...make that millennia. The Greeks merged with other cultures and the Romans came to be. Today we talk about Anglo-Saxons at one time the Angles, the Saxons, the Frisians and the Jutes hated each other and ward against each other. Most Americans and many people from many other countries these days, have mixed heritages. We talk about our German, Irish or French fathers and our Italian, Russian or Scottish Mothers or some other combination. Each of these is a different culture with a different history, traditions, activities, etc... Multiculturalism is a part of evolution. Furthermore, if we as a person are to live in peace, then we MUST learn about other cultures and respect them.
-mehereintheeast-
It's nice to see that this topic interests everyone!
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Sources:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006032903743
Good post partner!