Multicultural Society + questions
Multicultural Society
A multicultural country is a country where different cultural groups live together. They try
to preserve their cultures, habits and traditions.
Cultural differences should be respected and tolerated. This is also
the official policy in Canada, Australia and the UK.
Immigrants can have dual citizenship, they can use their language, culture
and religion. There are many big cities which are cosmopolitan: such as London, New York, Paris, Prague. People are naturally divided according to
the colour of their skin (white, black yellow & red).
In 2004 Slovakia became part of a larger community – the European
Community. Many Slovaks decided to leave the country for study or work. A lot of them got married abroad and created bicultural families.
Living in bicultural families requires a lot of tolerance and understanding from both sides. Slovakia is also a multicultural country. The
majority of Slovak population is Slovak. The country also has several minorities, the biggest of which are Hungarian, Roma (Gypses) and Ukrainian.
The Roma population in Slovakia has problems to adapt and they are often a victim of racist attacks.
I think, we cannot judge people
according to the colour of their skin or their religion. We should try to live and work peacefully together without any prejudice.
There are also many famous people all around the world ( f.e. actors, singers) who support this idea. f.e. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
have a beautiful song named Ebony and ivory with very nice lyrics. “Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano,
keybord. Oh, Lord why don´t we?“
QUESTIONS:
- Can you give any examples of countries with multicultural
society?
- Is Slovakia also a multicultural country?
- What are the minorities living in Slovakia?
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