Britain Rejects Multiculturalism: What About US?

Update: Maybe the Brits are abandoning multiculturalism in part as they've found themselves having to prepare for a dirty bomb attack.

Conservatives in America have been raked over the coals for years because of out rejection of multiculturalism. Yet, it has been manistreamed into America by the elite education and Liberal politicale stablishment, including the media.

Now, in a speech by Britain PM Blair, along with actions of other in Britain's Labour Party, it seems a key European ally is rejecting the approach.

So, will America Liberals do as they usually do and take their marching orders from Europe? Or will France have to abandon the conept for it to sink in here? That may take awhile as France is pretty busy putting down daily riots from their minority Muslim community. Full text of speech.

Tony Blair formally declared Britain's multicultural experiment over yesterday as he told immigrants they had ''a duty" to integrate with the mainstream of society.

In a speech that overturned more than three decades of Labour support for the idea, he set out a series of requirements that were now expected from ethnic minority groups if they wished to call themselves British.

These included "equality of respect" - especially better treatment of women by Muslim men - allegiance to the rule of law and a command of English.

If outsiders wishing to settle in Britain were not prepared to conform to the virtues of tolerance then they should stay away. He added: "Conform to it; or don't come here. We don't want the hate-mongers, whatever their race, religion or creed.

"If you come here lawfully, we welcome you. If you are permitted to stay here permanently, you become an equal member of our community and become one of us. The right to be different. The duty to integrate. That is what being British means."

Comments

[larry]

no no no.....they merely SAID they were 'rejecting multiculturism'. just more meaningless words in a meaningless speech by a politician who's on his way out. sound; fury; no significance.

the capitulation to multiculturism doesn't take place at the PM's level. it happens down the ladder, at the rungs staffed by reliably liberal, touchy-feely career bureaucrats: the kind of people who (like the moronic liberal commenters here) who believe that hurting the feelings of a NON-white male christian is quite literally The Worst Thing In The World. these folks, who refer to themselves as the "administrative class", will take no notice whatsoever of blair's "new policy", and will cheerfully continue to grease the islamic skids on england's slide into third-worlddom.

because after all, not doing so would be....you know.....*rude* to the barbarians trying to destroy them. mustn't allow *that*.....

maybe i'm wrong. (but i doubt it.) the test will be what blair's successor has to say about it. i predict we'll hear nothing at all. stiff upper lip; into the memory hole; pip pip and all that. we'll see.

[The Liberal Avenger]

Multiculturalism isn't a conspiracy amongst the liberal elite. Multiculturalism is simply a product of our immigration history.

There's no "accepting or rejecting" multiculturalism. It simply "is." We're a geographically diverse country of 300 million people all of whom, with very few exceptions, are descended from immigrants.

That's our reality - we don't make the rules, we just follow them.

[splashtc]

Yeah! baby steps in the right direction!!

[DaveP.]

Nonsense, LA, Hysterically silly nonsense. My grandfather assimilated, learned the language and culture, and became an AMERICAN... not an "Italian-American". This at a time when Italian immigrants were very strongly discriminated against, to a degree that would drive CAIR into paroxysms (if it wasn't happening to an infidel, that is). The same thing happened to YOUR ancestors, and Dan's, and John Kerry's (though he'd like to forget it, and we wish they'd never come). Gran'pa realized that he was in America, not in King Victor Emmanuel's Italy... and that American rules applied here, and that if he wanted to succeed he'd have to do so on American terms. Multiculti- the idea that all cultures and religons deserve equal treatment, except American culture and the Christian religon- has only been taken seriously since the late '60s.

In short, it's not a matter of "that's the way it has always been"... it's more like "if you don't want to be an American, why did you come?"

[The Liberal Avenger]

Well what are you talking about exactly? How do you define multiculturalism?

I live in Boston. Boston's North End is the Italian neighborhood... It's different from the rest of the city. It's difference is one of the things that makes our city (and our country) great.

Lashing out against multiculturalism is the new cool way to try to hide one's bigotry.

What's your excuse?

[Purple Avenger]

Multiculturalism is simply a product of our immigration history.

Piffle.

1st generation immigrants in the past struggle, learn the language, and might live in urban enclaves because that was more comfortable for them, but they all adapted to their new country.

2nd generation spoke english and their parents tongue fluently. The 2nd generation were fully Americanized but understood and were proud of their heritage.

[Perry]

Like most liberals, "Liberal Avenger" can't fathom how a foreign culture can differ from Western culture on anything more significant than cuisine and folk dances.

If immigrants don't adopt core Western values such as racial/religious/gender tolerance; respect for rule of law, etc. then there is a serious problem.

[Purple Avenger]

Didn't you know - "honor killings" of daughters are a "core western value" ;->

[larry]

hold on, now....ol' lib avenge may be onto something here. that last sentence: "lashing out against....means you're...."

hmmm. so now liberals think they get to define reality? it is to laugh! still, the precedent is made; so therefore it must be ok for *ME* to define reality as *I* see fit, too! ok....here goes....

"embracing multiculturism is is the cowardly new way to avoid having to defend your country and it's core values". hmmm. that's kind of fun.....

"giving credence to ANYthing alec baldwin says means you're hopelessly stupid; dare i say 'australopithecine' "....

"liberalism is merely ignorant people thinking with their hopes and wishes, rather than (what passes for) their brains..."

this is FUN!! thanks, liberal avenger!

"people with ridiculous, comic-book-style web handles tend to be significantly duller than the normal person..."

[Magnolia]

Ahhh...Good Ol' Tony Blair! Finalllly, a voice of reason!
I always thought the point of migrating (say to America) was to become (duh!) an American! It truly aggravates me for people to migrate here for the benefits America provides to them but won't adapt and accept the American culture. I realize that we are a melting pot and immigrants, over the course of time, have brought over their unique customs and cultures - but MELTING POT means just that! That we BLEND together to form one culture that is uniquely AMERICAN.

[Buzzy]

One characteristic of the "melting pot" is that the dross rises to the top and can be skimmed off. That would be the part that will not blend into the mix and is an important part of the whole process.