Our nation’s motto originally referred to the 13 states joining together, but it also points to the many strands of our ...
Pauline Hanson’s recent speech to the National Press Club, where she declared that “we cannot be a multicultural society” and that Australia “must be monocultural” has reignited a familiar and ...
For those of us now long in the tooth, we were raised in an era of American history that promoted the concept of the “melting pot.” The term melting pot is defined as a place where people of different ...
As the European Union is struggling to deal with the migrant crisis (hundreds of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean), German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on record as saying “you can’t all come,” ...
In his nearly forgotten book Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot observed that “One people in isolation is not aware of having a ‘culture’ at all.” Until I was 12, I lived in western ...
The latest News24 Pulse shows almost half of Australians believe multiculturalism is becoming a problem for the country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently made headlines when she pronounced multiculturalism in Germany a failure. Shortly before, a Globe and Mail editorial argued that Canadians should eradicate ...
In spring 2005, I published a book Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain which argued that by making progress towards the goal of multicultural equality and acceptance, and ...
Nothing very liberal or democratic comes from seeking to erase human diversity. Assimilation, chosen or otherwise, shouldn't be the only option for winning acceptance in a free society.