Transcript Multiculturalism - Learning with Jonny Bahk

Multiculturalism
Whether Korea should allow more f
oreigners to live in Korea or make a
more strict law to restrain them
Kwon NaYeon, Um JiYoo, Kim DongHee, Kim HeeSu, Kim MinJi, Lee GoEun
• At International Security Summit held in
Germany, David Cameron, Prime Minister
of England, declared that UK’s
multiculturalism failed after all.
• Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, said
while focusing too much on immigrants’s
identity, French forgot to brace France’s
identity.
Multiculturalism in Korea
• Korea is rapidly becoming a multicultural
society with more and more foreigners w
ho come to Korea to acquire Korea’s nati
onality every year. International marriage
s have increased to the point of approxi
mately 12% of the total marriages in Kor
ea. Every year, over 3 million women fro
m Asian countries such as China, Philippi
nes, and Vietnam marry Korean men.
FOR / AGAINST
Foreigners can take charge of
hard physical labor jobs (so-cal
led 3D jobs).
Having different cultures and s
ubcultures can be one of the
most important competitivene
ss a country can have.
Multiculturalism is undeniable
and being against it can have
negative influences on Korea’s
national brand.
It can cause a social confusion, di
strust among people.
Many nations(like France) who on
ce encouraged multinationalism a
re turning their back against it as
they have suffered from it.
Koreans are not ready to accept
multicultural families yet.
Debate Questions
• Are most Koreans fond of multiculturalism?
• Is the notion 'multicultralism' truly a current trend?
Why some nations are turning their way to nationalism?
• If foreigners with their own culture bring ‘diversity’ in
Korean culture, would it be bad or good?
• What do you think about France banning burka(Islam
traditional clothes for women)?
• Will making foreigners to acquire Korean nationality
more strictly solve current problems of
multiculturalism?
Overall, about Korea becoming a
multicultural society…