How come multiculturalism didn't triumph in certain places?
I thought that it was the only way for a society to succeed via diversity and multiculturalism yet: 1. Former Yugoslavia. 2. India (hardly a fine situation there with tensions between Hindus and Muslims) 3. Pakistan (horrible mistreatment of the Christian minority by many in the Muslim majority) 4. Viet Nam (treatment of Montagnard people) 5. Laos (treatment of Hmong people) 6. China (treatment of Tibetans) 7. Iran (treatment of Baha'i practitioners) 8. Turkey (Kurdish separatism) 9. Iraq (Sunni vs. Shia, persecution of Kurds) 10. Sudan (Christians vs. Muslims) 11. South Africa (rapidly escalating violent crime rate, several no-go areas in Johannesburg) 12. Egypt (tension between Muslims and Copts) 13. Israel (Muslims vs. Jews) 14. Northern Ireland (Catholic Republicans vs. Protestant Loyalists) 15. Canada (Quebec separatists) 16. Fiji (attacks on the Indian minority) 17. Former Soviet Union (Chechens) 18. Latvia (tension between ethnic Russians and Latvians) 19. Britain (violence in immigrant neighbourhoods and hostility towards fundamentalist Muslims by the Whites) 20. France (racial tension between French and Muslims) 21. Nigeria (tension between Northern Muslims and Southern Christians) 22. Uganda (terrible tension leading to expulsion of Indian minority) OK, Switzerland is an exception as they have Italian, French, German and Romansch speakers living together in harmony, but for the most part, multiculturalism has been a desperate failure as people discover that some cultures are not very nice towards women, gays, atheists, etc. Look at successful Japan (homogenous), Finland (homogenous), Republic of Ireland (homogenous), South Korea (homogenous), Norway (homogenous)...and the list goes on. The only way for an ethnically, racially diverse society to succeed is through ASSIMILATION. For example, Australia has various ethnicities but the country is united by an Australian identity: the use of the English language, the promotion of a common culture ----cricket, Aussie Rules' football, etc. Same thing with America ---it's best when people assimilate and leave behind things like burqas, funeral pyres, genital mutilation, union of church and state, stoning of adulterers...multiculturalism is anti assimilation. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage or being knowledgeable about it ---that is common among many Americans, particularly the Irish and the Italians but they know that they are Americans and that Irish and Italian laws and customs do not apply here, this is another society. Yes, immigration and if you had bothered to read my entire post you would have noticed that I referred to an ethnically/racially pluralistic society but I also mentioned that when people came here they did not bring all the baggage of the old country with them. Multiculturalism teaches us not to be a melting pot, but to hold on to the way of life in the country we have immigrated from ----innocuous little reminders of other societies are fine, but when you bring values that are contrary to freedom, you are going to ruin a society. I do not respect cultures where adulterers are stoned to death nor where women have to be covered or there is no separation of church and state, where nine-year olds can be married legally....I feel no shame in calling those cultures inferior. In fact, I strongly believe that the culture of prosperous, free Finland is superior to that of repressive Saudi Arabia where human rights are disregarded. Anyone moving to Finland should follow the Finnish way. Or how about I import to the West people who believe that gays are not human, that women should have no rights, that adulterers should be stoned to death, that church and state must be united ----after all, it's just their culture and all cultures are equal, eh?
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Here, let me give you an example of immigration building a nation. Hold on, ready, wait for it... The United States of America, the most powerful, wealthy, influential nation on the planet.
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Pick any "end of the world" scenario you like--zombies, large asteroid, the Sun going nova. In this circumstance, most people are going to congregate with other people who look like them and sound like them. Note that this is neither "right" nor "wrong"; rather, it is simply how our minds work.
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yawn more white supremacist bullshit how about you white devils assimilate to the culture of the natives, its thier land after all. oh thats right, you went all genocidal on them, in your infinite goodness
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Not all cultures are equal. I don't think extremists should have anywhere near as many rights as we allow them to have and when I say extremists I mean those few of them who are currently ruining it for the rest of Islam. By the way, I'm Indian. Muslims and Hindus and Taoists and Buddhists mostly live in harmony in India. It's the same extremists Muslims attacking India the are attacking us here in the USA. India is the largest democracy in the world. It's not as successful as America, but it's still very prosperous and it's actually developing technology faster than both the US, Japan and China right now. And by the way, China is not just the Han Chinese. It's a mix of many, many, many different cultures forced to live under one communist government. They have the most powerful country right now...This is why such things as the Patriot Act are more dangerous than freedom.
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