Multiculturalism a failed ideolgy
Posted by Rueben on Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:51:58
David
under your leadership and in the face of an ever more divided and devolved Britain would a Conservative Government abandon multiculturalism in favour of a system of Civic Nationhood and encourage all UK citizens to be British first. I believe this needs to be considered as a matter of urgency in light of the ever fragmenting British Union where Scotland Wales & Irish peoples are seeking a more defined National Identity. By abandoning the British indentity the UK risks walking blindly into a country divided along racial boundries.
A recent Home Office report concluded that Ethnic English children living in mixed race communities have lost their sense of identity and are marginalized At its most extreme it is clear that many poor white working class children do not know where they come from. This can't be good news for anyone in modern Britain.
A review of citizenship lessons in schools by Sir Keith Ajegbo, a Home Office adviser, concludes that white children are suffering "labelling and discrimination" that is severely compromising their idea of being British.
Multiculturalism has failed a generation of school children because the concept is fundamentally flawed. Forcing disparate communities to live side by side where mutual contempt and disdain is forever just below the surface just doesn't work. It didn't work in former Yugoslavia, Africa the former Soviet Union and it isn't working in Britain's inner cities.
"Nowhere"
The report quoted a poignant example of one white pupil in her early teens who, after hearing in a lesson that other members of her class originally came from the Congo, Portugal, Trinidad and Poland, said that she "came from nowhere".
That quote must be a real success for the Marxist inspired educators who set out in the 70s and 80s to deliberately transform society according to their own flawed ideology. Years of denouncing Britain's history as racist and imperialist, years of denigrating national heroes and belittling the achievements of our forebears have reached a zenith of achievement for the educators and media pundits in the words of the teenage girl who came from nowhere. In truth it is a nadir for the people of Britian whatever the ethnic origin.
While pupils of Trinidadian origin are encouraged to celebrate their Caribbean culture and pupils of Bengali origin are encouraged to hold on to their traditions children of native British parentage are positively discouraged from celebrating their history, exploring their identity. The situation is far worse in England than it is in the so-called Celtic nations. Welsh, Scottish and in particular Irish identities are far less likely to be attacked and reviled as much as the English identity. Marxist educators and broadcasters tend to dwell on the supposed historical English exploitation of the Celtic nations.
It is interesting to note that the report uses the term "white" when it really should specify ethnic English,Scottish,Welsh. The use of the term "white" is partly pejorative and encourages the fracture of British society along the lines of broad racial characteristics instead of allowing our people to call themselves what they truly are on grounds of cultural integrity.
Post edited by Rueben on Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:55:12
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