The term multiculturalism is the range of cultural and ethnic diversity within the population a country. A multicultural society is one where a number.

The term multiculturalism is the range of cultural and ethnic diversity within the population a

country.

A multicultural society is one where a number of different ethnic groups and their culture live

alongside the predominant indigenous ethnic group and their culture.

An individual can have range of identities based

on their personal experience and history,

they can show allegiance to more than ‘one group’.

What identities does Ed Husain

have?

"But supporting a team is not the true test of

being English. It's about the country you consider your home,

the place where you will raise your kids. I'm very proud to

support the England football and cricket

teams but I don't believe that is the

defining element of your national identity."

Shahid Malik, International Development Minister

TOP NON-UK BIRTH PLACES 2001

Eire: 494,850

India: 466,416

Pakistan: 320,767

Germany: 262,276

Caribbean: 254,740

USA: 155,030

Bangladesh: 154,201

South Africa: 140,201

Kenya: 129,356

Italy: 107,002

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The British by Benjamin ZephaniahServes 60 million

(from 'Wicked World') Take some Picts, Celts and Silures

And let them settle,Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 yearsAdd lots of Norman French to some

Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously. Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,

Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, NigeriansAnd Pakistanis,

Combine with some GuyaneseAnd turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians,Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some

Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, JapaneseAnd Palestinians

Then add to the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourishBinding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool. Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future,

Serve with justiceAnd enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.

"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then

travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish

furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. And the most British thing of

all? Suspicion of anything foreign ".

Anonymous

pre 1066A succession of invading forces brought new people and their

cultures to what is modern-day Britain. These included the

Romans, Jutes, Angles, Saxons and Vikings

1066The Normans invade

Britain and become the dominant force. Their

legacy laid the foundations of the Britain we live in

today

1685Religious persecution

forces 100,000 Huguenots (French Protestants) to leave

France for Britain

1840sWidespread famine forces thousands of

people to leave Ireland. Many come to

Britain

Automated

1848With a spate of

revolutions breaking out in mainland Europe, Britain becomes the

destination of choice for many refugees

1880sFleeing

oppression in Europe, hundreds of thousands of

Jews seek sanctuary in

Britain

1914 - 1918The First World War

creates huge numbers of refugees, many of

whom choose to escape mainland

Europe and come to Britain

1939 - 1945Again with the outbreak of

the Second World War, refugees seek to escape Nazi rule and the fighting by travelling to the UK

1946Hundreds of thousands of people from across Eastern Europe seek

refuge in the UK following the

establishment of Communism

1948Many West Indians

decide to settle in Britain, which needs to

boost its depleted workforce after WW2

197228,000 Ugandan

Asians settle in the UK after being expelled from

Uganda

1975Political unrest and war in South-East

Asia results in many seeking a

new life in Britain

1980sAttracted by opportunities for those with specialist skills and

professional training, large numbers of Australians, New

Zealanders and South Africans move to the UK

1992 - 1998Ethnic disputes in the Balkans

force thousands to seek refuge in Western Europe. Many seek

asylum in the UK

1998 - 2002During these years

45,000 people arrive from Africa, 22,700

from the Indian sub-continent and 25,000

from Asia

2002+Asylum seekers from

Afghanistan and Iraq, economic migrants from

Eastern Europe due to E.U. enlargement.

Any remember the British Empire….

The Treaty of Rome means that all citizens of E.U. countries have the legal right to work and settle here.

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A rebranded Jack.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=273

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/17UG-A.asp

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Van De Sar Anderson Beardsley Neville Evra

A selection of Manchester United first team players 2007-2008

Hargreaves Ronaldo Saha Vidic Tevez

Conflicting ideas and beliefs.

Conflicting ideas and beliefs.

Well, I think the answer is this, the fact that we are a multicultural society is it just that, it is a fact and it has been for 2,000 years, that's the nature of Britishness, that's why it's such

a capacious accommodating identity. The problem is that if you put that into practice in

a certain way, what you end up doing is separating people, and what I discovered

when I became chair of the CRE three years ago was that too many public authorities

particularly were taking diversity to a point where they were saying, 'actually we're going to reward you for being different, we're going

to give you a community centre only if you are Pakistani or African Caribbean and so on,

but we're not going to encourage you to be part of the community of our town.'

Trevor Philips

Commission for Equality and

Human Rights.

He told the congregation: "Together we can make a Britain in which many minority ethnic people will feel it is their dwelling tent too - without making

the indigenous population feel that this is no longer the Britain of their fathers.

"Today, there is a great deal of talk about social inclusion and community cohesion.

"But surely we must go beyond inclusion and cohesion to a vision of true humanity as we see it in the face of Jesus Christ.

"I believe we should talk more about the common good and the values that have shaped this nation and less and less about multi-culturalism and

cultural diversity.

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Challenges Benefits

Social

Economic

Political

What is the future for culture in the United

Kingdom?

Ethnic groups integrate into wider society. They begin to influence the dominant culture of the country, the

culture evolves over time and cultural fusion occurs. The so called melting pot idea. This process continues

over time as new ethnic groups enter the country.

1

The ethnic groups integrate into society, they retain their own culture, whilst adopting, or some aspects of,

the dominant culture of the country, people have multiple identities. The ethnic groups live alongside the indigenous population called cultural pluralism.

2

Ethnic groups do not integrate into wider society, they retain their own culture and reject the dominant

culture. So called Balkanisation.

3