In Your Opinion, What Are The Limits or Downsides of Multi Culturalism?

Question

In Your Opinion, What Are The Limits or Downsides of Multi Culturalism?

Answer 1

When people take multi-culturalism to the point of moral relativism, that's bad.

Harm is harmful, whether a particular culture considers it good or not.

Answer 2

In one word? Religion!

Answer 3

First, before anybody accuses me of anything, I just want to say I think multi-culturalism is brilliant. I think people from as many different cultural backgrounds as possible should come to australia and especially bring all of that excellent cuisine with them that's out there.

For me though, the major downside to multi-culti is that the language (in our case english, but presumably this applies to whichever common language is under discussion) just seems to get more and more mangled. This leads not just to the language being reduced to a lowest common denominator, but ultimately may also effect the level of public discussion on major issues. The dangers accompanying that are clear. The question for me is which is worse ? Being surrounded by stuffy people who can quote Macbeth but with whom we possibly (probably) don't have anything else in common, or gradually losing contact with 800 years of wonderful literature.

And please, before anybody moans at me for insulting the immigrant population by saying they can't speak english properly, I'd just like to point out I lived myself in a non-english speaking country for more than 10 years and know what it feels like. Maybe I was just a bad example, but my german was still c**p when I left and I couldn't have quoted their beloved Goethe to save my life, nor make a serious point in a discussion.

Answer 4

It seems to draw out a lot of hatred from the more ignorant and narrow minded types of people.  I have a feeling that they would still be a problem even in a homogenistic society.  Intolerance seems to always have a way of drawing new boundries.