SOC375H5 Lecture 6: chapter 6
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Multiculturalism has four interrelated meanings: demographic reality: The canadian population comprises members of more than 100 ethnic groups. As an ideology, multiculturalism includes normative descriptions about how. Canadian society ought to be in terms of social organization based on ethnicity. The cornerstone of multiculturalism is the idea of pluralism. Pluralism advocates tolerance of cultural diversity and promotes the idea that such diversity is compatible with nation goals such as national unity and socio economic progress. The basic principle of multiculturalism rest on the notion of cultural relativism ( do(cid:374)"t judge a(cid:374)y (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e (cid:271)y you(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e(cid:895) Enlightened: seeks the self-interest of the in group but respects the rights and interests of the out group. Pernicious: seeks it at the expense of the out group: a form of struggle among groups for access to economic and political resources. Multiculturalism is a process of competition among and between other groups for the acquisition of valuable economic and political resources.
