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Multiculturalism is the way a culture relates to socially decent variety, both at the provincial and network level. Sociologically, multiculturalism proposes that all in all, human development gains from increased varied diversity through the friendly rivalry between different societies. Canada is a very interesting country, mostly because of its variety. Canada’s environment can be both cold and extremely hot. And many different races can be found in Canada, from Chinese to Hispanic, African to Indian. Canada is the world’s most multicultural country, and much of the growth and prosperity of Canada can be traced to immigrants coming to Canada.
Multiculturalism’s mixture hypothesis expects different gatherings of migrants to tend to “liquidate together”, desert their individual societies, and inevitably become fully absorbed into the prevalent society. In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, a French-American immigrant, wrote that in America, “individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men whose labors and posterity will one day cause great world change”. One of the major drawbacks of this theory is that the model of melting pots has been condemned for decreasing decent variety, making individuals lose their customs, and for being upheld through government strategies. For example, US ACT OF INDIAN REORGANIZATION 1934, instead of being forced to abandon and assimilate into American society, this act sought to help Indians preserve their traditional culture and traditions. Yet there are also many positive effects of this theory. One of the positive reasons it could be good as multiculturalism has had on Canada is that it’s rich in culture and known for traditional values. Without the effect of this theory, it won’t be rich in different lifestyles, opinions, and ideas of people belong to different cultures.
The salad bowl theory is that when newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures, as in the model of melting pots, they retain them instead. Within the larger American society, the unique characteristics of each culture are still identifiable, much as the ingredients in a salad are still identifiable, yet contribute to the salad bowl’s overall makeup.
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Conclusion
There are a few negative factors that are credited to Canada’s Multicultural policies. One of the main negative reasons is that it creates racism. If many races would be put together, all of which belongs to different nation and culture would definitely create chaos. Some of the immigrants have a history of conflicts in their home countries, which would likely to bound in other countries. There are many reports of Student-Gang violence been reported in Brampton in 2017-18. These examples show the backside of Canada’s Multiculturalism, yet there are many benefits as well. One of the positive effects is that since many communist groups are living with each other, over time they try to understand each other’s culture and background which would cause them to “melt together” in one shape, i.e. less racism.
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