INTEGRATION AND

MULTICULTURALISM

Saki Amagai and KyoRy Park

Immigration: the act of entering a country

Integration: the ending of racial segregation

UK ranked 9th for its integration policies out of 33 countries… but still trails behind Canada (3rd) and Australia (5th).

INCREASE IN IMMIGRANTS

OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION

WHERE DO PEOPLE COME FROM? India Ireland Pakistan Germany Caribbean USA Bangladesh Kenya Italy

MIGRATION TO UK

REASONS FOR MIGRATION

CONTRIBUTION TO INTEGRATION

GOVERNMENT ACTION

The Big Lunch Community Music Day

Immigration and settlement rules

RACE RIOTS

2001 Bradford Riot England Riot 2011

A major terrorist attack (2005 and 2006)Car bombings (2007)

BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY Far-right political

party that restricts membership to “indigenous British” people.

Oppose immigration and integration.

DAVID CAMERON SPEECH 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBi7uWzocLU

“State multiculturalism” is a failure>> encourages different cultures to live separate lives.

Need for a stronger national identity to prevent people from turning to all kinds of extremism.

EQUALITY ACT 2010 Aimed to remove discrimination

Age Gender Race Religious Beliefs Disabilities Equal Pay Harassment Direct Discrimination Indirect Discrimination

The key decision makers Harriet Harman (Leader of the House of Common)

announced the new Equality Bill the government published the Equality Bill MPs (Member of Parliament) approved all Lords

amendments Monarchy provided Royal Assent

Manner of ConsultationThe Equality Act 2010 simplified and replaced previous

legislations: Equal Pay Act 1970 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Race Relations Act 1976 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Employment Equality Regulations

(2003: Religion/Belief and Sexual Orientation 2006: Age)

Stake Holders

Muslims

Clergy Colleges

Our thoughts Saki: I think the lack of integration is a major issue in

Britain that needs to be fixed as soon as possible. Social cleavages caused by different race and religious beliefs can lead to multiple riots and terrorist attacks, which could take away citizens’ safety. The Equality Act 2010 had been too recent to determine the effectiveness of it; however, I hope it would decrease the amount of discrimination among people and help the minorities assimilate into the British society.

Kyory: I think the Equality Act 2010 has potential to, obviously, alleviate the discrimination towards people who has different culture from the traditional British culture, and the racial tense among white British, non-white British, and foreigners. However, I'm really concerned that the real effectiveness of the Act in terms of personal discrimination. The Act would legally prohibit discrimination but, would it really make the British who originally hated some other groups of people more friendly to them?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS1. Cameron stated that integration had

failed in the UK. Do you agree with him?

2. If you were a citizen in the UK, what would you do to help advance integration?

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