Recorded answer on multiculturism

Oppgavebeskrivelse
Referring to two English-language literary texts and/or films that you have studied that are set in multicultural societies, analyse and discuss what both of these tell us about what it is like to live in a multicultural society.

Use examples from the texts and/or films in your answer.

Innledning
This is an answer to previous exam question asked about living in a multicultural society.

In this presentation, I will answer the question of what it’s like to live in a multicultural society.

Most of the countries in the world are multicultural, but just what does that mean? One definition states this:

“As a prescriptive term, multiculturalism encourages ideologies and policies that promote this diversity or its institutionalization.

In this sense, multiculturalism is a society “at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit.”

This definition comes from Kevin Bloor and his book The Definitive Guide to Political Ideologies.

Utdrag
Another common them of discrimination is the view of women in the stories.

Both Chanu and George are several times talking down women and only seeing them as a need to make children.

George who is married to an English woman, can at one point be seen hitting his wife for not obeying him when he is beating one of the children.

This can come from and culture, as he is a Pakistani man and in Pakistan the culture, relationships between man and wife as well as how you raise your kids is very different from a typical western way of raising kids.

Tis does cause friction in the marriage as there a culture clash between Ella and George.

When discussing living in a multicultural society some people say it is a bad thing and that having immigrants take away the “British” culture and taking jobs.

This is echoed by Chris in the wide world textbook when he argues that Britain has become a cultural doormat for other cultures.

From the same text, a person named Sean discusses how even though you have a multicultural society it is still challenging to integrate diverse cultures.