Multiculturalism is the belief that all cultures are equal and no single culture is superior. It has spread around the world and is debated as either right or wrong. Supporters argue a multicultural society is wiser by incorporating diverse cultures, while opponents believe it could corrupt their own culture. Some politicians say multiculturalism is dead due to terrorist attacks proving their view that mixing cultures can have negative consequences, such as 9/11. The future of multiculturalism looks uncertain as it continues to decline in many places.

1. MULTICULTURALISM EnglishAssessmentmadeby: Jorge Lopes, nº 20; João Sousa, nº 17; 11º N; Schoolyear 2010/2011; Escola Secundária Alves Martins

2. WHAT IS MULTICULTURISM? Multiculturalism is the belief that all cultures are “correct” and that no culture is the best so no culture can force another to believe in the same principals or follow the same ways.

3. Debate: multiculturalism Withtheever-evolvingworldwelivein, peoplehavefoundthatmulticulturalismis as ofnownotonlyanideaor principal butsomethingthathasspreadthroughouttheworldandthat as raisedanargumentonwhethermulticulturalismisrightorwrongas wewillseeonthenextpage…

4. “War” OF MULTICULTURalisM Multiculturalismisright Multiculturalismiswrong This side of the table says that multiculturalism is acceptable and that all people should interact and live with people from different cultures. This opinion is usually backed up by the argument that a multicultural country is a “wiser” country as it is populated by multicultural people. Those who choose thissideoftheargument are usuallyracists (theydon’tacceptpeoplefromothercultures/races). Thesepeoplesaythatmulticulturalismiswrongbecausetheythinkmixingupculturesmightturntheirs “impure”

5. MULTICULTURISM AND US (History) Wecan always choose to loveorhatepeoplewithdifferent color, religion, raceandsoon. It’sourchoice as freecitizens to do so. However, as you’llseeintheupcomingimages, some peopletakeittoo far…

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7. THE downFALL OF MULTICULTURISM Inpolitics, wefind Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown andAngela Merkel sayingthatmulticulturismisdead. Insome level, theymightbeconsideredcorrect,as actionssuch as terroristattacksprove thesepoliticiansright.

8. TheDownfallofmulticulturalism (Cont.) Oneexample:the 9/11 incidenton USA wheremembersofAl-Qaeda crashedtwo planes intotheTwinTowersoftheWorldTradeCenter, in NYC, another plane onthePentagon, in Washington, D.C., andalsoanother plane on a downtown rural landonthestateofPennsylvania. Thisviciousattackisjustoneofmanyexamplesas well as a bigexampleofthe Muslim worldprotestonAmerica.

9. The future ofmulticulturism Multiculturismhasseenitsfateandit’snot a prettyone… As wefinditdyingouteverydaywe can only assume multiculturalismwillneverbethesameagain.

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