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Background |
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About Multiracialism |
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The 'Why' |
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The 'Now' |
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The 'How' |
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Miscellaneous |
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Background |
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| Multiracial Integration | ||||||||
| In the previous page we briefly discussed about multiracialism. Now we will take an in depth look on multiracial integration and why it is considered to be the most difficult part to maintain in a multiracial society. | ||||||||
| Definition | ||||||||
| Multiracial integration is a subset of multiracialism; it is the part that promotes exchange and respect between races. This is the theoretically the most important part of multiracialism as it ensures a long term stability within a multiracial society by allowing people of different races to identify with each other, whether as friends, workmates or neighbours.The ability to reach out to each other is the most complex and advanced form of multiracialism, requiring inter-racial trust for such long term relations to be established. |
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| Being able to integrate suggests that there is a lesser need for strict government policies as the people will eventually learn to respect each others' customs and religions. People will learn to relate in such a way that they do not call themselves one of their own race or religion, but one of their own countrymen; however they will still be able to recognize themselves as one of their own race. This ideology of self-recognition and inter-racial relations may seem complicated, but it is this that forms the basis of multiracialism. It is because of this that multiracialism does not suffer from a major problem arising from other forms of cultural and ethnic diversity, polarization- which will even lead to the formation of racists or even extremist groups. |
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| It is due to these factors that integration within a community is necessary as just laws and other policies alone cannot guarantee that the people living in those communities will show respect and tolerance towards people of different races. Yes, education by the government and laws are all important to create a multiracial society; but at the end of the day, it is the people, not the government that are going to make that choice on whether to respect anyone from a different race. To the numerous people that will say yes, it is not anything the government said that mattered, but it was that their buddies and neighborhood friends were all part of the racially integrated community that he was to respect. This might sound controversial but is in fact a proven part of human psychology; that people are more willing to respect someone they are close with, rather than someone else on the streets. The big question now is, " Are there any better alternatives? " |
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