It does when different countries are used for comparison to the US and the question is posed as to what is different.
Anybody who's been there think France and England aren't multicultural? Wiesiek, great how the Poles, Czechs and Germans get along :
Anyway, to get things straight. This is the "multiculturalism" to which Sowell and the moderator referred to specifically. Look it up.
multiculturalism definition: The view that the various cultures in a society merit equal respect and scholarly interest. It became a significant force in American society in the 1970s and 1980s as African-Americans, Latinos, and other ethnic groups explored their own history.
And, as I said, for many then and today, it's a bad thing ... for various reasons. Btw, the theory that "cultural conflict" leads to increased crime goes back to the 1930s America, and was often applied to explain why European immigrants were often involved in crime. You remember the White Hand, Black Hand, Cosa Nostra, Westies, etc., etc.
Applying the concept to Black people is stupid because many of them have been American and part of American culture longer than many of their critics who came on boats in the early 1900s and after WW2. To the contemporary bigot, however, multiculturalism is a threat. It's "bad." Of course, it is why that guy Brevik in Norway went on his proud killing spree.
In fact, it can be noted that these guys aren't foes of multiculturalism. Rather, they want the attention that is being directed at others. He is "‘…not an implacable foe of multiculturalism, he is a product of it. He is multiculturalism’s monster, where his true aim is to win recognition of his identity alongside all those other identities that are fawned over in modern Europe.’
- See more at: http://www.irishleftreview.org/2012/04/ ... AVwaL.dpuf"
It's a rather better explanation of why these guys act out against their own people. If they prefer, they might argue that multiculturalism drives "some" people insane.
