Why do you think so, or not?
2007-09-07 14:54:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
are you ******* kidding me???!!! lol...
2007-09-07 15:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Being a citizen of the US, I would have to say
definitely "yes" because we are a huge melting pot.
Our history of genocide against the American Indians and slavery of the African-Americans certainly reveals tremendous problems, but 21st Century in the United States is one of representation of practically every culture and language on earth. Each ethnic group retains its identity, but apart from our constant political infighting.....we are one people with the gamut of cultural backgrounds. Each home on my block is owned by a family with its origins as far away as China, Sweden, Puerta Rico, Canada, Argentina, Denmark, and Yugoslavia.......how is that for multiculturalism?! And, we are all friends.
As for the other "Western First World Countries",
I don't really know the answer. With global travel and migrations, mass communications, and especially the internet, Eskimos and Africans can reach one another in seconds........I believe the internet will accomplish more toward world peace than anything else. I hope so. It is difficult to hold people captive to propaganda if they have access to different ideas. Even Europe no longer consists of mainly separate homogenous populations.
2007-09-07 22:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by Margo 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
who is asking this and why, for what purpose?
Its ideal ! -- meant to be in favour of "inclusion", acceptance, harmony, peaceful co-existence, and a society that is a conglomerate of sharing rich and dynamic blend of the best of all worlds, and learning to seriously leave behind, or let go of, or not allow the bad things from various nations, and in that sense, its great ! There is so much selection of different varieties of foods, festivals, music, and people are people first regardless of which culture they have.
We shouldn't "rest on our laurels", or be blinded by the lighter aspects, or get drunk on the nice things about it, let it go to our heads.
Nothing is perfect all the time though, and IF its done wrong, it can let things slip by, like "exclusion". By encouraging people to keep their old cultures and identify with a certain group, they can actually be voluntarily segregating themselves, or be vulnerable to covert segregation, discrimination, exclusion from being part of the rest of society.
There are some good books on this angle, like "Politics of Exclusion" by Bhausaheb Ubale - isbn 0-969610300. (This authour is a critic of, and suspicious of the motivations of promoting multiculturism, although there may be other political reasons with nothing to do with his suspicions -- like buffering the polarity of Quebec vs Anglo Canadian issues, and supporting national unity in Canada). Still, this authour has some interesting perspectives and potential issues to pay heed to.
2007-09-07 22:10:05 · answer #3 · answered by million$gon 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, just the opposite.
Just look at all the big cities.
2007-09-08 03:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by tom p 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No!! Canada isn't half the country it used to be.. bummer...
2007-09-07 23:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by Tyler L 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. look at radical islam.
2007-09-07 22:05:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋