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The Meeting of Cultures (2.Culture - Peoples entire of life (learned - pp…
The Meeting of Cultures
3.interaction - assimilation
minority→dominant
The U.S
immigrants - American dream
from Ireland, italy & eastern EU
children - accelerated -
self-identified -
American rather -
parent's nationality -
"melting pot"
metaphor
8.strong legal foundation
for multiculturalism
poll in Canada
30% bed
54% merge
Canada culture
1.World->↑culturally diverse
Immigrant-voluntary or involuntary
Canada/Australia/The U.S
Richness of society OR
generate serious challenges
2.Culture - Peoples entire of life
material culture
language, clothes& food
symbolic culture
idea, beliefs& customs
Sense of personal identity
innate>learned
learned - pp unaware
immediately identify
different cultures
best interaction with one another
5.Assimilation - Not all groups
Law
Restricting specific groups
The U.S law segregated
African American - White
Southern states
until Civil Right legislation 1960y
Immigration was
limited
Government
classified
migrant worker &
severely restricted rights
South Africa
Separate
Black - White
4.assimilation advantages
creates national identity
regardless of racial or ethnic
same group -> less conflicting
argued
The U.S
79% White
16% Latino or hispanic
12% African American
4% Asian
Shares - strong S.O.N.I
different cultural groups
conflicting
allowed
enjoy, peaceful >
other countries
Core of multiculturalism
Legal equality
(respect& tolerance
racial & ethnic)
Canada
aimed - encouraging
multicultural harmony
two official languages
passed many laws
equal access(Economy,
Social, Cultural, Political life)
controversy
about Education
Bilingual education
program
immigrant &
wider American public
California
English only teaching
bilingual students
struggling
Multiculturalism
not always easy
Migration - long story
Individuals & governments
will continue to the future
Why multiculturalism
divisive issue?
poll results - bilingual education
↑ intolerance - immigrants
in Canada & The U.S
appears
unjustified
majority citizens -
good for immigrants
countries
confusion around
Multiculturalism
Interpretation with retaining
Accepting the U.S & Canada cultural
Learning new languages
Interpretation
immigrants retaining
own culture&language
not adapting
6.Pp question assimilation
number of immigrants
rise in many countries
globalization has encouraged more travel
openness between nations
Assimilation(melting pot)
→Mosaic→Multiculturalism
Embrace
different minority