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

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4218740.stm

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

The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

Serves 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 years Add 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, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat. Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to simmer. As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English. Allow time to be cool. Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And 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

Automated pre 1066

A 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 1685

Religious persecution forces 100,000

Huguenots

(French Protestants) to leave France for Britain The

1066 Normans

invade Britain and become the dominant force. Their legacy laid the foundations of the Britain we live in today

1840s

Widespread famine forces thousands of people to leave

Ireland

. Many come to Britain

1848

With a spate of revolutions breaking out in mainland Europe, Britain becomes the destination of choice for many refugees

1914 - 1918

The First World War creates huge numbers of refugees, many of whom choose to escape mainland Europe and come to Britain

1880s

Fleeing oppression in Europe, hundreds of thousands of

Jews

seek sanctuary in Britain

1939 - 1945

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

1946

Hundreds of thousands of people from across

Eastern Europe

seek refuge in the UK following the establishment of Communism

1972

28,000

Ugandan

Asians settle in the UK after being expelled from Uganda

1948

Many

West Indians

decide to settle in Britain, which needs to boost its depleted workforce after WW2

1975

Political unrest and war in South-East Asia results in many seeking a new life in Britain

1980s

Attracted by opportunities for those with specialist skills and professional training, large numbers of

Australians

,

New Zealanders Africans

and

South

move to the UK

1998 - 2002

During these years 45,000 people arrive from

Africa

, 22,700 from the

Indian sub continent

and 25,000 from

Asia 1992 - 1998

Ethnic disputes in the

Balkans

force thousands to seek refuge in Western Europe. Many seek asylum in the UK

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.

A rebranded Jack.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2981038.stm

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

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

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1990118.stm

Van De Sar Anderson Beardsley Neville Evra Hargreaves Ronaldo Saha Vidic A selection of Manchester United first team players 2007-2008 Tevez

Conflicting ideas and beliefs.

Conflicting ideas and beliefs.

Trevor Philips Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

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 .'

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 .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/englan d/north_yorkshire/6210431.stm

Social Economic Political Challenges Benefits

What is the future for culture in the United Kingdom?

1 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.

2

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

.

3 Ethnic groups

do not integrate into wider society, they retain their own

culture

and reject the

dominant culture

. So called

Balkanisation

.