Multiculturalism has failed

[pequod]

So says our Home Sec ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-669221...

As do other countries in Europe and beyond...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_multicu...

Others may disagree, which is their right.

[bitchstewie]

Woman born to parents from Mauritius and Kenya who is married to a Jewish man tells everyone else multiculturalism has failed.

Pure dog whistle filth.

[Randy Winkman]

I think we need to accept the fact that people have always looked to move around the globe and history revolves around that. With both the increased spread of information via the internet and forthcoming challenges of climate change it's impossible to stop. We need to make the best of it.

Anyway, is Suella Braverman part of the proof it's failed?

[Deesee]

bhstewie said:

Woman born to parents from Mauritius and Kenya who is married to a Jewish man tells everyone else multiculturalism has failed.

Pure dog whistle filth.

I don’t agree with a lot of your post Bstewie.. I’m with u on this one..

[s1962a]

it's like the people that bleat on about overpopulation - they seldom offer to remove themselves from the equation

[Mortarboard]

Braverman is a parody home sec, is she not?

Surely?

M.

[bitchstewie]

Sadly not.

Apparently being discriminated against because you're gay or a women isn't enough to be granted asylum either.

Just a vile person.

[Ridgemont]

Not that I have a huge amount of time for her, but to be fair multiculturalism has a specific set of characteristics which could be problematic, and to be anti multiculturalism is not the same as being anti immigrant.

Multiculturalism “seeks the inclusion of the views and contributions of diverse members of society while maintaining respect for their differences and withholding the demand for their assimilation into the dominant culture”.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/multiculturalism

I’ve always found it a bit mad that assimilation shouldn’t be an explicit aim if you are going to advocate high levels of immigration. And to be fair there are plenty of waves of immigrants that have done just that.

[glazbagun]

Deesee said:

Functional government would be a start!

[deckster]

Ridgemont said:

I’ve always found it a bit mad that assimilation shouldn’t be an explicit aim if you are going to advocate high levels of immigration. And to be fair there are plenty of waves of immigrants that have done just that.

The problem with that point of view is that it presupposes that the dominant culture is better than that which you are importing, or any hybrid thereof.

A healthy culture is one which evolves and takes the best of everything, and acknowledges that there is always a better way. Crucially, it accepts that "we've always done it that way" is the worst reason to do, or continue to do, anything. A culture which demands that you look like everything that is already there is one that has already stagnated and is doomed to decline.

[SlimJim16v]

It only fails when immigrants refuse to integrate.

[Leon R]

Interesting that someone living in the UK says that.

The UK is one of the most multicultural countries I have been in.

[pork911]

category error.

akin to saying sunrise has failed.

[pequod]

Ridgemont said:

Not that I have a huge amount of time for her, but to be fair multiculturalism has a specific set of characteristics which could be problematic, and to be anti multiculturalism is not the same as being anti immigrant.

Multiculturalism “seeks the inclusion of the views and contributions of diverse members of society while maintaining respect for their differences and withholding the demand for their assimilation into the dominant culture”.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/multiculturalism

I’ve always found it a bit mad that assimilation shouldn’t be an explicit aim if you are going to advocate high levels of immigration. And to be fair there are plenty of waves of immigrants that have done just that.

A well reasoned response, thank you.

[pork911]

SlimJim16v said:

It only fails when immigrants refuse to integrate.

is multiculturalism a melting pot or a mixed salad?

[pork911]

Ridgemont said:

I’ve always found it a bit mad that assimilation shouldn’t be an explicit aim if you are going to advocate high levels of immigration.

how very uniform beige

[V8covin]

On the one hand you have the home secretary who has risen to the top,or near to it,in her chosen profession,on the other you have illegals working in car washes and kebab houses for a pittance, working off their debts to the slave masters

[Super Sonic]

This in a speech made in the US, one of the most multi cultural countries in the world.

[Seventy]

Dog whistle carrying Home Secretary in culture wars promoting and Prime Minister seeking speech at right wing US think tank meeting.


What a shock.

[glazbagun]

Seventy said:

Dog whistle carrying Home Secretary in culture wars promoting and Prime Minister seeking speech at right wing US think tank meeting.


What a shock.

Both fishing for their next job.