Multiculturism

[sssaau4]

What is it?

Say I come here and i am asian.

I can speak my language at home to my family, I can cook the food i like at home (or anywhere) I can do my rituals to my gods, no one will care.

So what is that multiculturalism all about?

it seems like empth words to me.

i don't understand.

i come from a different culture, english is my 2nd language.

i cook my countries food at home and hubby puts up with it or i cook him something else if it's too much of an aquired taste.

i speak english (foreign) to other people in the shops because no-one would understand a word if i spoke in my native tongue.

so what exactly is multiculturalism?

is it some ideal where i could talk in my native tongue here and expevt other people to understand me?

is it the freedom to cook my "foreign" meals as i please?

can someone please enlighten me what it actually means?

[boris1gary]

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Australia is a multicultural society. Different cultures and diverse ethnicity living in a single country.

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all.  And the immigrants being totally accepting to "integration" 

Is that how you honestly believe this country to be?

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you seem to have a very different view than reality - the only thing we all HAVE to do is abide by Australian laws, that's it. Nobody has ever been able or maybe willing to explain what this  "integration" means, this Aussie way of life that we all must integrate with, maybe someone might have a go today so I can see if I am fully integrated.   

[k0llectable5]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@chapmmarga wrote:
We have the right to feel secure and safe in our own country. I am offended and intimidated when people speak their native language in front of you, then laugh whilst looking at you. Does anyone feel intimidated by this. Our racial discrimination act should be a two way street. If you want to converse with someone,in public, then please have the courtesy to do so in the language spoken by the majority of the population of the country you are living in.If you want to talk in your native tongue at home,or social events...go for it, nothing wrong with that at all.

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don't travel much then? or only to countries where you can speak the language. I've never understood this fear of others and why some people always assume that everyone is talking about them if another language is heard, don't worry about it your not that important, maybe some counselling about paranoid tendencies will help. 

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Totally disagree.  I worked with a lady who was Italian.  English was her second language but her daughters first language (daughter born here)  Now at home the daughter would mainly speak English, but when they went out, on PT and in cafes etc, her daughter would always speak in fluent Italian...

Why do you think she did that?

[k0llectable5]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Australia is a multicultural society. Different cultures and diverse ethnicity living in a single country.

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all.  And the immigrants being totally accepting to "integration" 

Is that how you honestly believe this country to be?

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you seem to have a very different view than reality - the only thing we all HAVE to do is abide by Australian laws, that's it. Nobody has ever been able or maybe willing to explain what this  "integration" means, this Aussie way of life that we all must integrate with, 

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Whos reality? Yours? The forums? Ebays? Channels 7's?  Reality is subjective...

Integration means being open to having relationships with anyone regardless of their race or ethnic or religious background.  Taking on the language spoken by the host country.  Abiding by the host countries laws.  Making sure most of the money you have earned working in the host country stays in the host country.  Just generally making a concerted effort to "fit in" to the community you live in and to not segregate yourself into a cultural "sub-community"

Thats my take on it anyway...

[cherry*135]

siggie.. the op uses different ID's . I do know what I claimed is accurate.

[cherry*135]

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Australia is a multicultural society. Different cultures and diverse ethnicity living in a single country.

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all.  And the immigrants being totally accepting to "integration" 

Is that how you honestly believe this country to be?

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Who is the host population?

[k0llectable5]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Australia is a multicultural society. Different cultures and diverse ethnicity living in a single country.

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all.  And the immigrants being totally accepting to "integration" 

Is that how you honestly believe this country to be?

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Who is the host population?

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Whoever the legal citizens are of any given country that accepts immigrants.  So in this instance the host population are "Australians"  Please dont say the only Australians are Aboriginals or something like that. I'm sure you know what an "Aussie" is...

[cherry*135]

My daughter likes to speak her second language (Engish being first) when she is out with her friend (Aust born) so no one knows what they are talking about.

Has she/he not 'integrated' LOL 

[bluecat*dancing]

Even I know who it is.

[k0llectable5]

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@am*3 wrote:

My daughter likes to speak her second language (Engish being first) when she is out with her friend (Aust born) so no one knows what they are talking about.

Has she/he not 'integrated' LOL 

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LOL.

Can you tell me why you think she does that though am?

[cherry*135]

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Australia is a multicultural society. Different cultures and diverse ethnicity living in a single country.

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all.  And the immigrants being totally accepting to "integration" 

Is that how you honestly believe this country to be?

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Who is the host population?

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Whoever the legal citizens are of any given country that accepts immigrants.  So in this instance the host population are "Australians"  Please dont say the only Australians are Aboriginals or something like that. I'm sure you know what an "Aussie" is...

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??

With the host population expected to be totally accepting to different cultures displaying no discrimination at all?

The host population of Australia is made up of different cultures