Multiculturalism, Democracy, and National Identity: A Complex Perspective on Australian Society

My children went to the local state public school and were dictated to that multiculturalism is a great thing. I don’t believe it is as I feel that the culture of the original British slash Irish majority has been demonized constantly for the last three decades. How does democracy fit into this atmosphere? I’ve beat up the white guy. History is what it is. And so we have to accept where we are. And so this is a multicultural society, which means that it is going to be an incorporation not only of British identity, but also First Nations identities and of course, all of the many wonderful people that have emigrated to this country. So it’s always interesting when the majority feels that multiculturalism is being shoved down their throats because what does that mean exactly? Like having to learn about other cultures should be something that is enriching and dynamic and in general, it is. And so what is the thing that makes you feel oppressed? By acknowledging that there are other cultures in the world and that we should create space for all of those voices to be heard, I think that we really have to rethink what oppression feels like because when you have such a significant majority as people here do, um, I think it’s better to ask like how the First Nations people and immigrants to this country feel about all of the British norms that are foisted upon them. I think we can. See the good in all the dimensions of Australian society throughout the course of its development to reach the point we have now reached where we’re proud of our very, very ancient indigenous heritage. We’re proud of our more modern, uh, British institutions that go back to 1788. And we’re proud of the society that has evolved from those institutions that both sides of politics is a joint endeavour really have created, which is, I think, one of the world’s most successful multicultural societies. So I don’t think that the, the, the antithesis I think that is implicit in your question really exists.