the factors that have hindered the construction of a harmonious multicultural society in the UK since 1980?

Answer 1

Positive discrimination. It DOES exist

Answer 2

The people's mindset --- people in the mainstream society have too many preconceptions about those from ethnic backgrounds, like they are not trustworthy or they are here to sponge off the welfare system, etc. People from ethnic backgrounds are often seen as not making efforts to integrate but the mainstream society fails to see that no matter how hard non-indigenous people try, if they are not accepted by their neighbours or co-workers, there's only so much they can do before they lose heart. My suggestion is that everyone should try to befriend a few people from different racial backgrounds and make them feel accepted into the British society. If you have never done this, now is the time to do it. Don't sit there and criticize people for not trying to integrate into the British society. Do your bit first.

The media, especially the tabloids, are constantly fuelling racial hatred with their distorted views of immigrants and people from ethnic background.

Terrorism and religious fanatism.

Answer 3

The idiotic politically correct brigade that try to say that our old customs and practices are insulting to the immigrants who come to live in GB. In the main our religions, mainly Christianity, do not offend anybody. The extremists do not count in this. The Hindu and Moslem's that I have known and worked with get on with their own lives and religions and have no hang ups. The outcome is that the indigenous population feels annoyed at the infringement of our "right" and then step away from any kind of relationship with the rest. Bear in mind that many Asians and black people are now 3rd generation and are really totally British.

Answer 4

That multiculturalism is natural is a knoble lie! People of different races and of vastly differing religious backgrounds have never and will never be able to live side by side in a peaceful manner. The evil face of islam, bent of the destruction of the west should be clearly evident to all.

Answer 5

Cheap communications that have allowed and encouraged the development of migrant communities as satellites of their home regions. All the more so because, unlike in the USA, so many of these migrants have been working class and not educated professionals.

Another factor is the Muslim component of many of these communities. It is not racist to observe that statistically Muslims tend less to naturalize -- and implicitly to assimilate -- in European countries. (See the Eurostat 1993 study (below); and also the Dutch study of about the same time).

This may be because Muslims look to the Umma: sovereignty and allegiance belong to Allah and not to the [Christian] civil society or the [Christian] State.

Answer 6

Lack of integration and a lack of understanding between communities. This is exacerbated by housing policies that allow areas to be ghetto-ised and there being no requirement for immigrants to learn the language. Crazily local councils spend hundreds of thousands of pounds publishing leaflets in many languages minimising the need for them to learn English.
This should be a minimum requirement for those seeking citizenship.

Answer 7

It ignored the host culture. It is spawn of the left wing and couldn't, isn't, and never will work. We can't even agree on a definition of culture. As far as I can understand, Islam is an indivisible construct of religion, culture, politics.

Answer 8

Muslims

Answer 9

Perhaps the disharmony within the multi-cultural societies in Britain today???

Answer 10

Lack of tolerance and preconceptions. Lack of tolerance: concessions designed to ease the path of integration (generally speaking) is frowned upon. e.g. local authority education department finances used to employ a teacher to give extra-curricular lessons to refugee orphan children for whom English is a second language. Preconceptions: a whole host of assumptions based on a person's skin colour before they have even opened their mouth and before anyone knows anything about them.