The debate on multiculturalism?

Question

Why is only one point of view ever represented by the media?

Some people say they are against it, but you will hardly ever see them having their say on TV.

The debate on multiculturalism was a phrase Blair used repeatedly earlier in his speech.
I don't remember there ever being any debate about it ? and as others have said naysayers to it are just shouted down, without representing their point of view.

Answer 1

This is Britain, and the only culture here should be British. OK I know this may seem wrong, but (yes I am being selective) are you comfortable with: Female circumcison (IMO male circumcison should also be illegal but that's another question); "honour killing"; ritual animal sacrifice; adulterers and other "immoral" people stoned or hanged; a whipping for saying something which the Establishment disagrees with; forced marriages?

Well, I've had my say. let's see who is allowed to say it on the mainstream media.

Answer 2

Like it or not, we're stuck with multiculturalism in UK. No government is going to change course and the people were not nor will they ever be consulted. In spite of what people may think, UK is controlled by a liberal elite and their plan is and always has been for a multicultural UK.

Not sure what race you belong to but I am Welsh and unless you are too, then you do not share the same culture as me.

If you take a long hard look at UK and consider only the majority of Anglo Saxons, you'll soon come to the same conclusion as many others have before you; that the native white population in UK is largely made up of disparate Germanic tribes who's arrival in UK is separated out over a thousand years of history and that includes the arrival of the Normans in 1066 who's ancestors were of Viking origin - Norman = Norseman.

Answer 3

If we take other countries such as France as an example, what is clear is that the government has accepted that society includes people from other nations, but demands that they assimilate, or integrate into the society. This is a conscious effort made by the government to insure everyone is french, not french-arab or french-african, and is very much to do with the republican model of 'oneness'

Here in England, many theorists such as Charles Taylor, have argued that by giving the minorities positive rights, it does in fact level the playing field and avoids the deprivation of the minority..

Whether you agree with the first, or second, there is always going to be conflict, as there are those who simply cannot accept that society includes other minority cultures. The dispute or the debate should be a question of how they should be treated by the government: assimilation or positive rights..? By denying the right to their existence altogether is therefore seen as extreme to the point of fascist. Demanding that they integrate, is however a sensible argument.


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like i've just tried to say, the 'debate' is about the KIND of multicultural society we should live in, not whether it should or shouldn't be multicultural!!

Answer 4

Debate? What debate!! We have had this"multiculturalism" forced onto us. Forced by legislation,forced by "political correctness"!! If those of us who disagree with "multiculturalism" were to say so, on national TV,there would be uproar from the "PC" brigade!! We would be branded "racist"!!! I personally think, that political correctness,government legislation,and the BBC,have actually increased racism!!!!

Answer 5

Unless you fully support multiculturalism, you will be branded a racist and your opinion rejected. How balanced is that?

Answer 6

I agree with Karen 100%