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The term multiculturalism is the range of cultural and ethnic diversity within the population a
country.
A multicultural society is one where a number of different ethnic groups and their culture live
alongside the predominant indigenous ethnic group and their culture.
An individual can have range of identities based
on their personal experience and history,
they can show allegiance to more than ‘one group’.
What identities does Ed Husain
have?
"But supporting a team is not the true test of
being English. It's about the country you consider your home,
the place where you will raise your kids. I'm very proud to
support the England football and cricket
teams but I don't believe that is the
defining element of your national identity."
Shahid Malik, International Development Minister
TOP NON-UK BIRTH PLACES 2001
Eire: 494,850
India: 466,416
Pakistan: 320,767
Germany: 262,276
Caribbean: 254,740
USA: 155,030
Bangladesh: 154,201
South Africa: 140,201
Kenya: 129,356
Italy: 107,002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4218740.stm
The British by Benjamin ZephaniahServes 60 million
(from 'Wicked World') Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
Remove the Romans after approximately 400 yearsAdd lots of Norman French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously. Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,
Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,Vietnamese and Sudanese.
Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, NigeriansAnd Pakistanis,
Combine with some GuyaneseAnd turn up the heat.
Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians,Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some
Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, JapaneseAnd Palestinians
Then add to the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to simmer.
As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourishBinding them together with English.
Allow time to be cool. Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future,
Serve with justiceAnd enjoy.
Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.
Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then
travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish
furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And the most British thing of
all? Suspicion of anything foreign ".
Anonymous
pre 1066A succession of invading forces brought new people and their
cultures to what is modern-day Britain. These included the
Romans, Jutes, Angles, Saxons and Vikings
1066The Normans invade
Britain and become the dominant force. Their
legacy laid the foundations of the Britain we live in
today
1685Religious persecution
forces 100,000 Huguenots (French Protestants) to leave
France for Britain
1840sWidespread famine forces thousands of
people to leave Ireland. Many come to
Britain
Automated
1848With a spate of
revolutions breaking out in mainland Europe, Britain becomes the
destination of choice for many refugees
1880sFleeing
oppression in Europe, hundreds of thousands of
Jews seek sanctuary in
Britain
1914 - 1918The First World War
creates huge numbers of refugees, many of
whom choose to escape mainland
Europe and come to Britain
1939 - 1945Again with the outbreak of
the Second World War, refugees seek to escape Nazi rule and the fighting by travelling to the UK
1946Hundreds of thousands of people from across Eastern Europe seek
refuge in the UK following the
establishment of Communism
1948Many West Indians
decide to settle in Britain, which needs to
boost its depleted workforce after WW2
197228,000 Ugandan
Asians settle in the UK after being expelled from
Uganda
1975Political unrest and war in South-East
Asia results in many seeking a
new life in Britain
1980sAttracted by opportunities for those with specialist skills and
professional training, large numbers of Australians, New
Zealanders and South Africans move to the UK
1992 - 1998Ethnic disputes in the Balkans
force thousands to seek refuge in Western Europe. Many seek
asylum in the UK
1998 - 2002During these years
45,000 people arrive from Africa, 22,700
from the Indian sub-continent and 25,000
from Asia
2002+Asylum seekers from
Afghanistan and Iraq, economic migrants from
Eastern Europe due to E.U. enlargement.
The Treaty of Rome means that all citizens of E.U. countries have the legal right to work and settle here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2981038.stm
A rebranded Jack.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=273
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/17UG-A.asp
Van De Sar Anderson Beardsley Neville Evra
A selection of Manchester United first team players 2007-2008
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Conflicting ideas and beliefs.
Conflicting ideas and beliefs.
Well, I think the answer is this, the fact that we are a multicultural society is it just that, it is a fact and it has been for 2,000 years, that's the nature of Britishness, that's why it's such
a capacious accommodating identity. The problem is that if you put that into practice in
a certain way, what you end up doing is separating people, and what I discovered
when I became chair of the CRE three years ago was that too many public authorities
particularly were taking diversity to a point where they were saying, 'actually we're going to reward you for being different, we're going
to give you a community centre only if you are Pakistani or African Caribbean and so on,
but we're not going to encourage you to be part of the community of our town.'
Trevor Philips
Commission for Equality and
Human Rights.
He told the congregation: "Together we can make a Britain in which many minority ethnic people will feel it is their dwelling tent too - without making
the indigenous population feel that this is no longer the Britain of their fathers.
"Today, there is a great deal of talk about social inclusion and community cohesion.
"But surely we must go beyond inclusion and cohesion to a vision of true humanity as we see it in the face of Jesus Christ.
"I believe we should talk more about the common good and the values that have shaped this nation and less and less about multi-culturalism and
cultural diversity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/
6210431.stm
Challenges Benefits
Social
Economic
Political
What is the future for culture in the United
Kingdom?
Ethnic groups integrate into wider society. They begin to influence the dominant culture of the country, the
culture evolves over time and cultural fusion occurs. The so called melting pot idea. This process continues
over time as new ethnic groups enter the country.
1
The ethnic groups integrate into society, they retain their own culture, whilst adopting, or some aspects of,
the dominant culture of the country, people have multiple identities. The ethnic groups live alongside the indigenous population called cultural pluralism.
2
Ethnic groups do not integrate into wider society, they retain their own culture and reject the dominant
culture. So called Balkanisation.
3
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