People of all ethnicities are much more likely to report feeling that they belong if they feel treated fairly and with respect. The Citizenship Survey asks respondents whether they feel they would be treated better or worse than people of other races by 15 public services, covering health, education, criminal justice, local government and housing.
Table 4 shows that those who think they would be treated worse by at least one of these services are much less likely to feel they belong either to Britain or to their local area. Table 4: The effect of perceived discrimination on the sense of belonging. We interpret these findings as lending support to the key ideas behind multiculturalism — that making immigrants and their cultures feel welcome and respected and fighting discrimination, without worrying too much about where minorities choose to live, will result in those minorities coming to feel part of Britain.
Our other research also shows that these same factors are associated with having more pro-social values. The fear that the separation between communities might be creating alienation does not appear well-founded.
But there is one important aspect in which multiculturalism has failed. While the multicultural project may be the right way to make minorities feel a part of the wider society, it pays little or no attention to white natives, taking their identity and values for granted. But our findings indicate that segments of the white population have come to feel that they are neglected and discriminated against, and do not feel a part of British society.
It is not too much of a leap to imagine that this is the segment of the population from which the BNP draws its support. So, the biggest failure of multiculturalism is not that it has failed to create a sense of belonging among minorities but that it has paid too little attention to how to sustain support among parts of the white population, who are sceptical about the ability to retain a minority ethnic or religious identity while being British and who perceive conflict over resources especially access to social housing with immigrants and ethnic minorities.
Please read our comments policy before commenting. There is as. It seemed that with immigration, there was the PC trendy liberal brigade, who are all for it, and the ultra right who seem to be all against it. Those in the middle, the reasonable majority have been silenced for fear of being called racist.
It was all extremes, because if you silence reasonable people, whatever their view. Not democracy, by a long chalk. The problem with multiculturalism and diversity is the same.
No one has really been consulted about it, nor was there ever an honest and open debate either. So assumptions and presumptions take the place of any truth, as per usual. But that is an aside.
But in the media, the mores and prejudices are gone over with a fine tooth comb, whereas the mores and prejudices of ethnic minorities are downplayed, and certainly the mores and prejudices of the white middle class are virtually ignored in the mainstream media. The white working class are usually portrayed as chavs, racist and anti immigrant, all lumped together as an amorphous mass of people with no intellect or individuality, whereas white middle class are seen as free thinking, liberal, educated and as individuals in their own right.
The portrayal of white working class people now is exactly the same way racism manifests itself, portraying people as having, usually negative, characteristics merely because they are defined, by others or themselves, as working class.
This is done very cruelly, subtly and perniciously, but it is there. The promotion of one small minded prejudice, which is a class prejudice, to challenge other prejudices.
No one talks about that, either. Our democracy, as it is, tends to be run by white, male, middle and upper middle class, privately educated men from affluent backgrounds centred on London and the South East of England. I find that multirace in general has worked. Many immargrant s have enriched our culture BUT many have not. There is a significant threat from a large number of muslims to all other cultures. The greatest weakness the west has is its tolerance of the intorable.
The west must stop arse kissing the Middle East and its oil money. We need a strict polocy of exact mirror image policies against islam if no christianity — Jews — Hindus — Budists ect are not allowed in muslim countries un hindered then no muslims allowed here.
No mosques etc. I dont like how this is titled. First you talk about multi-cultural but then wonder about losing support amongst the so called white population. Home to Edinburgh — their Capital and Glasgow. In terms of ethnic diversity, Scotland cannot compete with England on numbers and statistics. But, in our opinion, Scotland makes up for it in worldly events. Edinburgh for instance is known as festival city, hosting Comedy Festivals, New Years festivals, Arts and music festivals celebrating not only their own culture but those from other countries as well.
Glasgow and Aberdeen are also massive Scottish cities with growing multicultural populations alike. According to a study that was conducted in Scotland in , cultural diversity was on the rise, with the report showing that one in six Scottish households held two or more multi-ethnic nationalities.
Restaurants serving international cuisine have risen in popularity with many new restaurants opening serving up a variety of different cuisine including Middle Eastern, Polish, Spanish and of course, Indian curries now a British staple.
Is Scotland the most multicultural country in the UK? In numbers, no. If however, you look at the country as one setting a multicultural precedence and an environment of acceptance and appreciation of cultural differences, then yes it is. Check it out here. Wales is not as ethnically diverse as the likes of Scotland and England but is home to people of a number of different ethnic backgrounds.
Welsh cities like Cardiff, Swansea and Newport are the most culturally diverse, with people from middle eastern, Indian and European backgrounds. In the Institute for Public Policy Research found that Cardiff, when compared to major cities in the rest of the UK had the most positive attitude towards asylum seekers of all the cities. Northern Ireland has had a slow change to a multicultural society, but this is understandable given the political and religious instability the country has experienced over the years.
Unfortunately over the years, foreign nationals have been subject to some hate crime in the past. Northern Ireland is, however, keen to take its place in Europe and change any negative perceptions of the country.
Whether Northern Ireland will be able to continue with this bid following Brexit remains to be seen. Because of advancements in technology and the size, scale, and breadth of multinational companies worldwide, the UK needs a mixture of talent to help, coordinate, negotiate and facilitate trade deals with the rest of the world.
From the top levels of government to the boardrooms of large companies, companies need a mixture of people to represent them in order to broker deals with customers all over the world. Our beloved queen, the epitome of all things British is married to a son of the French aristocracy, Prince Philip. Way back as the s, Queen Mary married Phillip of Spain. There are also countless Monarchs of the past that have roots in a number of different European countries.
A wedding like this would have been almost unthinkable, even a decade ago. According to Wikipedia , the UK is the th culturally and ethnically diverse country in the world. Whilst this may be true at the time of writing this post, what is also true is that the UK is becoming more culturally and ethnically diverse by the day. A criticism of the UK by many is that the country has in some ways lost its sense of identity given that it is now home to so many people from different backgrounds trying to maintain their own cultures as well as adapting to the social norms in the UK.
As far back as the s, there are records of Chinese sailors arriving on the shores of Britain. Not only that but in the s and s, Britain has provided refuge to European migrants fleeing persecution in their own countries. So people coming into the country will hold up British values just as much as people who are born in the UK. Nobody is perfect, and the same concept can be applied to cultural practices as well. In doing so, they dissolve their own misconceptions and gain new perspectives.
When we travel or live in different countries, we experience the same change in opinion. The UK is an awesome multicultural country that is becoming more vibrant every day. We hope we have answered the question as to why the UK is multicultural. The best example of that is the British Curry. Multiculturalism is a good thing for society in general. What are your views on Multiculturalism in the UK? How well, are we really integrating with each other after all of these years?
Maybe these are questions that we all need to answer and address individually, in order to make the UK and our world a better place. If you enjoyed this article, why not check out some of our other articled for the UK, links below.
Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. Each country have their own traditions, culture and national foods. Multiculturalism - A Challenge? In this speech, David Cameron argues that the UK needs a stronger national identity in order to prevent people from turning to all kinds of extremism. What do these words mean, and more importantly, what do they imply? Multiculturalism has brought with it challenges, many related to protecting vulnerable groups against racism and discrimination.
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