The Death of Multi-Culturalism

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This paper explores the dangers of cultural fragmentation associated with multi-culturalism, with particular reference to the race riots in northern England in 2000. It also tests the credibility of the new patriotism. The paper concludes that multiculturalism is a reactionary anti-modernist ideology.

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"One of the more tangible expressions of this focus on national unity has been the Home Office attempt to instil in naturalised immigrants a minimum core of British values, but criticisms of the vacuous content of the citizenship ceremonies, and the awkward fact of the 7/7 suicide bombers impeccably home-grown origins simply return us to the dilemma for which multiculturalism offered a tentative solution .It is a dilemma which has little to do with the attitudes of immigrants, and much to do with the loss of cohesion at the heart of British society, a malaise which the tourist postcard ritualism of the citizenship ceremonies cannot paper over."

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