Diversity and culture

¿ What is Multiculturalism?

First of all, we can see that multiculturalism is the way in which a society deals with cultural diversity, both at the national and at the community level. Then, In multiculturalism we can identified the following themes: Post colonialism , minority rights, diversity, Identity and culture. All those terms have something in common.

Multiculturalism is a form of identity politics, which means that,a meaningful groups, that differs significantly from other groups, share a history of injustice and grievance; and their psychological and political mission is to explore and act out their group identity. One example of this could be feminism which is a women’s movement that have faced many dificulties over the years.

Diversity highlight the capacity of culture to create social and political cohesion, in other words, minority groups are entitled to enjoy their own culture, to use their own language, to profess and practice their own religion, to have the right to freedom of expression and assembly, to have equal opportunities to education and employment, and to enjoy full participation in public life.

🙇 Glossary👀

Multiculturalism: This term describes the manner in which a given society deals with cultural diversity. Based on the underlying assumption that members of often very different cultures can coexist peacefully, multiculturalism expresses the view that society is enriched by preserving, respecting, and even encouraging cultural diversity. (Robert Longley, 2020)

 it  refers  to  cultural  diversity  that  arises  from  the  existence  within  a 

society  of  two  or  more  groups  whose  beliefs  and  practices  generate  a  distinctive  sense  of 

collective  identity.

 it  refers  to  cultural  diversity  that  arises  from  the  existence  within  a 

society  of  two  or  more  groups  whose  beliefs  and  practices  generate  a  distinctive  sense  of 

collective  identity. 

Descriptive Multiculturalism: It refers to cultural diversity that arises from the existence within a society of two or more groups whose beliefs and practices generate a distinctive sense of collective identity.

Normative Multiculturalism: It refers to individuals’ perceptions about the extent to which interactions between culturally diverse groups, multicultural policies and practices, and diversity-valuing ideologies are common or normative in one’s society.

Identity: is defined as the product of all the experiences an individual goes through during social interactions to develop a sense of 'who they believe themselves to be'. It is an individual or collective representation of social categories such as class, gender, age, ethnicity, etc.

Culture: Culture is defined as the collective values, customs, norms, arts, social institutions, and intellectual achievements of a particular society. is the complex whole that includes knowledge, art, law, morals, belief and any other capabilities and habits acquired by human as members of society.