Donkey of the Race UAE

[Nitrodaze]

In Canada they only speak two different languages. And, though they operate as a single country, there has always been friction between both sides. To the point that from time to time there have been strong separatist movements. Yet Canada is a strong, thriving country in spite of government attempts at multiculturism.

Cool is in the eye of the beholder.

The beautifull thing about freedom of choice is there would always be situation where there would be a conflict in the exercise of the freedom. Hence in any multicultural social system such as Canada, Belgium, Iraq, UK, USA and anywhere you care to name, there would be some who would seek to exercise there choice to be anti-multiculturalists for various reasons. Hence some sort of friction is expected.

And the characteristics of these anti-multiculturalism would be based on the viewpoint of the anti-multiculturalist which may take the form of how they go about the ontological demographical segmentation they come up with. What l am getting at here is, most people who adopt anti-multiculturalism, do so for different reasons. Unfortunately this is where the basis of the prejudice component of anti-multiculturailism is rooted.

Maybe it would help if we define what we mean by culture. If we adopt the point of view that we are talking about "culture as a way of living", then the Cambridge English dictionary define culture as:-

"the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time"

Based on this definition alone, we can see that you can be an Anti-Multiculturalist from a number of perspectives.

1. By dissociation from the way of life of certain group of people in your society.
2. By dissociation from the custom of certain group of people in your society.
3. By dissociation from the beliefs of certain groups of people in your society.

The Anti-Multiculturalist seeks to have acceptance only of people that have the same way of life, the same customs and the same beliefs. Even in any social system that have an overwhelmingly predominant culture, this goal is unattainable. It is shown very strongly in the struggle of the emancipation of women in some Islamic countries in present time.

Anti-Multiculturalism in the western civilization is seeking to go the other way of becoming like these extremist cultures which are very intolerant of other cultures which are different to their own. And the suppression of exhibition of cultures contrary to the predominant culture.

You can call it whatever name you want to call it, its Mode of Operation is similar to these extremist cultures. How l see it is, Anti-Multiculturalists are individuals with difficulty of existing in a world of multiple differences. Partly because they are afraid their culture is being eroded away.

As Heraclitus puts it, "you cannot dip you foot into the same river twice", because the river you dipped you foot into first time would not be the same river you dipped your foot into at the second attempt. Because the body of water in the river has changed between the time the you dipped your foot in it. The river would have changed because of the things it carries in it, on its way to your foot, but also by your foot entering the river and the river washing away things from your foot.

What l am getting at here is, at the point where cultures intercepts, they change each other wittingly or unwittingly. Hence a culture at one point in time is not the same as one when you look back in time. The Anti-Multiculralism paradym is flawed as it is fighting against change. Change unfortunately is inevitable hence a fight against change has lost even before it started. Because you have changed so much yourself without properly appreciating it. The only real solution for the Anti-Multiculturalist is to completely isolate themselves from the rest of the world. Bring back the old ways, get rid of technology etc. Build a great wall around your borders and throw out all cultures different from the predominant culture.

That would be a very small existence to live. We have come such a long way to be heading back to what was really ugly times.