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What does multiculturalism mean to britain?
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Quote by Hibernian
Where people of all backgrounds and cultures live together as one.
It's never going to happen.
Cultures stick together (and foreign nationals), this country is full of pockets of cultures.
They all tend to form groups and try to enlarge this group, this then causes resentment amongst those around them as they see them as a threat.
To use one example, Lidl in livingston (main depot), has 70% polish staff to local (go on, someone say the Poles are now local) but there isn't really any other term to use, and this is growing.
have you ever thought that this maybe down to lazy freeloading Brits who don't want to work!
Casanova
Quote by Hibernian
Where people of all backgrounds and cultures live together as one.
It's never going to happen.
Cultures stick together (and foreign nationals), this country is full of pockets of cultures.
They all tend to form groups and try to enlarge this group, this then causes resentment amongst those around them as they see them as a threat.
To use one example, Lidl in livingston (main depot), has 70% polish staff to local (go on, someone say the Poles are now local) but there isn't really any other term to use, and this is growing.
Too be honest where we live, most of the low paid families go and shop at the polish supermarket as cheaper then all the other, stores.
Casanova
Quote by Mr-Powers
I don't give a fuck who lives next door to me so long as they are honest,respectful and don't make to much noise shagging!
I agree with you totally..... make love not war... and love your neighbour...
But seriously I agree with you.
Sex God
Quote by Mr-Powers
I don't give a fuck who lives next door to me so long as they are honest,respectful and don't make to much noise shagging!
Spot on!
I love living in a multi-cultural society - as a country I think its brought us many things - different foods, festivals, shops etc. Our communities are now more diverse and richer for it!
I've certainly learnt a few things over the years about myself, my family and others.
There are some theorists tho that believes it has caused a social divide in Britain - personally I think that's always been there anyway!
I've certainly learnt a few things over the years about myself, my family and others.
There are some theorists tho that believes it has caused a social divide in Britain - personally I think that's always been there anyway!
Casanova
Quote by Mr-Powers
I don't give a fuck who lives next door to me so long as they are honest,respectful and don't make to much noise shagging!
Moving next door...
Mr Zeddies does loads of nice curries... 
Quote by Zeddies
No one gonna comment?
Think most people really dont want to go there on this topic.
Anything negative at all will be twisted and turned, especially at the moment.
I for one dont have any problem with it as long as people intigrate.
In large cities such as Bradford and Sheffield there are vast numbers that do not.
I work with an Asian and his Father has been here for years and he has never intigrated. In my view a lot of the problems are stemmed from the fact that people do not want to intigrate.
No doubt I will be flamed by someone, but as I have said anything negative at all said on a subject like this, will see you on a no win situation.
Casanova
Quote by anais
I love living in a multi-cultural society - as a country I think its brought us many things - different foods, festivals, shops etc. Our communities are now more diverse and richer for it!
I've certainly learnt a few things over the years about myself, my family and others.
There are some theorists tho that believes it has caused a social divide in Britain - personally I think that's always been there anyway!
A interesting view on it
Sex God
Quote by Peanut
I don't give a fuck who lives next door to me so long as they are honest,respectful and don't make to much noise shagging!
I disagree...
...they should make more noise so I can listen :P
:giggle:
I thought that too
Perve?
where? :lol2: I have no idea what it means to Britain but to me, it means:- Experiencing all of the countries in the world's food by just walking down the high street.
I can speak to people who have a history so far from my own we have nothing in common except an interest in each other.
I can learn all about the world through talking to my neighbours and don't have to wait to read an edited irrelevant version in the papers.
I can introduce my son to people who can give him wider experiences than just the one he has experienced.
I have met and fallen in love with Wor lass and I have met her, equally lovely, family.
I have the world on my doorstep and I feel honoured that so many people want to share my country. So many people who are as happy to live here as I am. The biggest compliment to me is when others love what I love.
That is what it means to me.
I can speak to people who have a history so far from my own we have nothing in common except an interest in each other.
I can learn all about the world through talking to my neighbours and don't have to wait to read an edited irrelevant version in the papers.
I can introduce my son to people who can give him wider experiences than just the one he has experienced.
I have met and fallen in love with Wor lass and I have met her, equally lovely, family.
I have the world on my doorstep and I feel honoured that so many people want to share my country. So many people who are as happy to live here as I am. The biggest compliment to me is when others love what I love.
That is what it means to me.
Quote by Hibernian
I chose my words..lol..I did have more to say...but..and anyway, you are supposed to be ignoring all I say, flower said so :twisted:
Why would I ignore what you say.
You make me chuckle and I like a lot of your comments. I dont bother what others say, I would like to hear your comments.
I have Columbo-spani-itali-yanks next door. Because of them, we're now close friends with an English-Chinese family.
They've bought incredible richness, (and some scary contagions I'm sure) into our lives.
Has the immigration system been mishandled? Yup.
However, I see a person long before I see their nationality. Our lives would be far less rich without other cultures in them.
They've bought incredible richness, (and some scary contagions I'm sure) into our lives.
Has the immigration system been mishandled? Yup.
However, I see a person long before I see their nationality. Our lives would be far less rich without other cultures in them.
Sex God
I know that for me, multiculturalism has brought one of the things I value most. Choice. I have a far wider range of foods, music, clothes, languages, cultural experiences available to me than my parents ever had.
One thing we often forget when we talk about all these 'newcomers'.
People have been coming to this country for half a million years. There were no indigenous people and it was 'virgin land' after the last ice-age. We've got Celts (wave after wave of them), Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Romanians, Indians, West Indians, Normans (and a few Frenchmen), there have been Arabic, African, Eastern European, American, (bored yet?), South American etc etc people coming here to visit and to stay.
So - after all that - we are ALL already multicultural. It's just a matter of how much of our new and existing culture we chose to ignore.
Personally - I love it
(Ok I know influxes of new people and change cause stress and problems - but so does isolation and cultural stagnation).
One thing we often forget when we talk about all these 'newcomers'.
People have been coming to this country for half a million years. There were no indigenous people and it was 'virgin land' after the last ice-age. We've got Celts (wave after wave of them), Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Romanians, Indians, West Indians, Normans (and a few Frenchmen), there have been Arabic, African, Eastern European, American, (bored yet?), South American etc etc people coming here to visit and to stay.
So - after all that - we are ALL already multicultural. It's just a matter of how much of our new and existing culture we chose to ignore.
Personally - I love it
(Ok I know influxes of new people and change cause stress and problems - but so does isolation and cultural stagnation).
Its a multicultural society not an integrated one. If it was integrated we would have a race that was uniquely distinctive and quite different from Anglo Saxon, Roman and French origins. There would be mixtures from Africa and Asia too.
As it is the main groups are large enough to sustain their own breed, and subsequently their own cultures. each culture lives along side the others. But they don't integrate. They are in partnership.
As it is the main groups are large enough to sustain their own breed, and subsequently their own cultures. each culture lives along side the others. But they don't integrate. They are in partnership.
Quote by duncanlondon
Its a multicultural society not an integrated one. If it was integrated we would have a race that was uniquely distinctive and quite different from Anglo Saxon, Roman and French origins. There would be mixtures from Africa and Asia too.
As it is the main groups are large enough to sustain their own breed, and subsequently their own cultures. each culture lives along side the others. But they don't integrate. They are in partnership.
Actually this is a really good comment, and also I hadn't thought of this before, but we could ALL have multicultural ancestory, who knows?
To be honest there are parts of the country that need a widening of the gene pool. There are towns that I will not name that if you have thumbs you are considered a tourist.
But multi-culteralism to me is being able to get mugged in 20 different languages, getting served a curry by an Albanian, having my Lithuanian taxi driver take me the long way round to a night club where an Nigerian bouncer tells me to clear off and stop bothering the Venezualian lapdancers before finally getting nicked by an Indian copper for pissing in the doorway of the Polish off license who had earlier refused to serve me for not being Polish.
Verily this is all true, honest your honour.
But multi-culteralism to me is being able to get mugged in 20 different languages, getting served a curry by an Albanian, having my Lithuanian taxi driver take me the long way round to a night club where an Nigerian bouncer tells me to clear off and stop bothering the Venezualian lapdancers before finally getting nicked by an Indian copper for pissing in the doorway of the Polish off license who had earlier refused to serve me for not being Polish.
Verily this is all true, honest your honour.
Quote by Hibernian
There are areas of Birmingham with english street names replaced with arabic streetnames and banners over head that say, Allah is the one and only true God, you will serve no other, is that multi culturalism?
By the way what do you reckon they do to swingers in saudi?????
Quote by Hibernian
And in Perry Barr, there is the Saddam Hussain Mosque, and this was whilst he was still ruling Iraq.
How far do you think I would get if I tried to build the Catholic church of St Joseph In Pakistan/Iraq/Egypt/Morroco/Turkey/Afghanisthan?
Yet the UK is full of Mosques an Temples.
And I wonder if you can find a good chippy or a Witherspoons?
Quote by Hibernian
And in Perry Barr, there is the Saddam Hussain Mosque, and this was whilst he was still ruling Iraq.
How far do you think I would get if I tried to build the Catholic church of St Joseph In Pakistan/Iraq/Egypt/Morroco/Turkey/Afghanisthan?
Yet the UK is full of Mosques an Temples.
The name has been changed since the beginning of the second invasion of Iraq
i used to think of multiculturalism as a good thing... allcultures getting along, blending together and existing harmoniously.
However... am I wrong in now thinking that Multiculturalism is the existance of seperate cultures, alonside one another, but remaining just that... seperate...
now, I think that is a bad idea... one will always seek dominance over another... more rights... special demands.
It breeds discomfort between groupings in my opinion.
lp
However... am I wrong in now thinking that Multiculturalism is the existance of seperate cultures, alonside one another, but remaining just that... seperate...
now, I think that is a bad idea... one will always seek dominance over another... more rights... special demands.
It breeds discomfort between groupings in my opinion.
lp
Quote by Hibernian
There are areas of Birmingham with english street names replaced with arabic streetnames and banners over head that say, Allah is the one and only true God, you will serve no other, is that multi culturalism?
If it's in the A-Z or SatNav who gives a f**k, it's only a road name.
I'm sure I don't.
