What is a multicultural Society? A question, which is asked very often, an answer for it is sometimes very hard to define.
Multicultural society is a society in which there is inclusion of many diverse people. It is a society in which freedom of religion, language, dress, food, religion, customs, can be expressed without the trepidation of persecution. Whilst expressing ones culture they are also learning the main dominant language of the country in addition to abiding by the rules and regulations of the country.
It is a society in which one can observe the different sub cultures, which are differentiated through language, religion, norms and values, pastimes, and culture.
A multicultural society would be composed of people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures living and working together. In society when people from different backgrounds intertwine with each other’s culture shows the acceptance of each other’s culture and background.
It is a society that works well; the people have roles and responsibilities they must fulfil. They have the rights to education, healthcare, protection from crime and rights to be helped if in poverty.
Immigration/migration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Migration is the movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
In Britain multiculturalism has been around for thousands of years. Diversity of different cultures mainly started coming from European countries. At the beginning the first people who came and brought their culture to Britain were the Celts and formed their first communities in the British Isles.
During the time the Celts were in Britain the lavish and luxuries Romans came. The...
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... boosted employment rated and our economy. Things were finally being made in Britain. By these foreigners coming they brought tea, herbs, spices things we wouldn’t see on our shelves. They brought their culture and we gave them our country. They created what we now call the British Culture.
Throughout the immigration of the south Asians preceding the World War 2 many phases of different workers were acquired.
• Manual workers were mainly procured to fulfil the labour shortage following the WW2.
Works Cited
http:/ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/visiting-uk/multicultural-britain/historyofmulticultualbritain
http:/news.bbc.co.uk.uk/hi/English/static/in_depth/uk/2002/race/short_history_of_immigration.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070212141023AAGrEWn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism#Definitition
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Growing up with a diverse community makes you realize that Canada is growing and slowly becoming a Multicultural society. Multiculturalism as stated in the textbook, is defined as allowing and accepting different cultures and providing them encouragement and support to keep their culture and diverse traditions (Mintz et al. 2015, 34). In 1971, Canada became the first country in the world to adapt the official policy of multiculturalism. (Government of Canada.
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A multi-ethnic society is a society which includes people from a variety of different races, religions, cultures, backgrounds etc. Multi-ethnic societies can have many negative and positive effects which I am going to explain in the following paragraphs.
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