Transcript 8 mb ppt - Radical Geography
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