Australia is officially a multi cultural country, with around 160 different nationalities represented..
I can only speak for myself; I have no issues with our multi cultural country, in theory or in practice. I am quite content. However, I can't
claim my attitude is even in the majority. I'm not sure if anyone really knows. I suspect the government lacks the political will to find out officially.
I am also indifferent to the idea that the Anglo-Celt majority will inevitably be replaced by other cultures, of one or several different skin hues.
Not able to comment about how this concept works/doesn't work in England or the rest of Europe, nor do I care. Imo, this an issue which must be decided by each country, by itself. IMO It is most definitely a policy which should not be imposed on the majority by the lunar left, or by the politically correct brigade.
The system seems to be working in Australia, in my city, and in my multi cultural suburb, as far a I can tell. I can't see beneath the surface.
PLUS, I most certainly do not want to return to the almost culturally homogeneous country Australia was before the abolition of The White Australia policy in 1973.
Multiculturalism in Australia is today reflected by the
multicultural composition of its people, its
immigration policies, its
prohibition on discrimination, equality before the law of all persons, as well as various cultural policies which promote diversity, such as the formation of the
Special Broadcasting Service.
[1]
According to the 2011 census, 26% of the population were born overseas and a further 20% had at least one parent born overseas.
[2] Aboriginal Australians make up approximately 2.5% of the population.
[3] Australia's diverse migrant communities have brought with them food, lifestyle and cultural practices, which have been absorbed into mainstream Australian culture.
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Historically, Australia did not accept all persons, and adhered to the
White Australia Policy. The policy was dismantled after World War II by various changes to
immigration policy.
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Intellectual critique
The earliest academic critics of multiculturalism in Australia were the philosophers Lachlan Chipman
[17] and
Frank Knopfelmacher,
[18] sociologist Tanya Birrell
[19] and the political scientist Raymond Sestito.
[20][
when?] Chipman and Knopfelmacher were concerned with threats to
social cohesion, while Birrell's concern was that multiculturalism obscures the social costs associated with large scale immigration that fall most heavily on the most recently arrived and unskilled immigrants. Sestito's arguments were based on the role of political parties. He argued that political parties were instrumental in pursuing multicultural policies, and that these policies would put strain on the political system and would not promote better understanding in the Australian community.
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Multiculturalism in Australia - Wikipedia
