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Multiculturalism
by Kt Milne - Friday, 8 February 2008, 04:00 PM
When I was in Sweden (that’s right I went to Sweden) I had lunch in MacDonald’s and immediately felt guilty because I wasn’t experiencing Swedish culture by dining in an American food outlet. However in a city where there is a MacDonald’s on every main street, and I am talking about Stockholm here, is dining within them denying the Swedish culture or embracing the modern day Stockholm and all its multi cultural glory?
The term multicluturlism began to be used in the late 1900s, with it being in wide public use in the 1980s. It replaced the word “race” in describing different cultural backgrounds as people became more socially aware. This was also reflected in government policys and work ethics which were beginning to push for greater equality, and for greater representation of ethic minorities.
Referenced: Professor Gregory Jay, Department of English, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
“Sweden oficially undertook a multiculturalist policy in 1975. The previous decade had seen a significant labor shortage and immigration from other Scandinavian countries, Poland, Southern Europe, and the Middle East had increased. By 1979, 11% of all residents of Sweden had been born outside of the country.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism#Sweden
Multiculturalism
by Kt Milne - Friday, 8 February 2008, 04:00 PM
When I was in Sweden (that’s right I went to Sweden) I had lunch in MacDonald’s and immediately felt guilty because I wasn’t experiencing Swedish culture by dining in an American food outlet. However in a city where there is a MacDonald’s on every main street, and I am talking about Stockholm here, is dining within them denying the Swedish culture or embracing the modern day Stockholm and all its multi cultural glory?
The term multicluturlism began to be used in the late 1900s, with it being in wide public use in the 1980s. It replaced the word “race” in describing different cultural backgrounds as people became more socially aware. This was also reflected in government policys and work ethics which were beginning to push for greater equality, and for greater representation of ethic minorities.
Referenced: Professor Gregory Jay, Department of English, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
“Sweden oficially undertook a multiculturalist policy in 1975. The previous decade had seen a significant labor shortage and immigration from other Scandinavian countries, Poland, Southern Europe, and the Middle East had increased. By 1979, 11% of all residents of Sweden had been born outside of the country.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism#Sweden
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