Multiculturalism

There is an excellent piece published in today's Globe and Mail. How has multiculturalism changed? Doug Saunders looks at a U.K. example.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/melting-pot-or-mosaic-neither-thanks/article1310212/

A number of people here – including the most important ethnic-minority leaders – have come to the realization that in our efforts to define ourselves (or others) as members of predefined “communities,” we have locked large numbers of people into the prison house of identity.

“In general,” London philosopher A.C. Grayling writes in his new book, Liberty in the Age of Terror , “it can be said that the fewer identities people acknowledge themselves as having, the less free they are.”

A concern I have relates to multiculturalism on reserve. Many First Nations are becomming monocultural as we gain more capacity, education and training in different fields. What will this mean for the global youth of the next generations?

I define myself as; a father, Cree, Scottish, brother, son, uncle, teacher, Ranger, triathlete, man, administrator and husband as the context determines. Will our future generations have the same opportunities?