Saturday, May 23, 2009

mULtiCuLturaliSm

hey2 im back here again..
this time im gonna write a little bit about multiculturalism based on my reading..
The term 'melting pot' is used to represent a community of many backgrounds,cultures.religions n etc..
In my opinion,I would say that being in a multi-diversed society is definitely a good one as this inculcates good values to people such as teamwork,mutual respect,and be more affectionate towards others..
For example,in Australia,known as a multi-cultured country as almost all the people there was born overseas and have settled down in aussie since the''gold rush''era..
In 1960 when gold was discovered in Victoria,many immigrants especially from Asian constituencies preferred to get jobs in the goldfields and hope for a better pay..
Initially,there's a policy known as a 'White Policy'in which people from Asian or so called non-whites would never be allowed to live in Australia.This is so because they intended to preserve the Whites culture as well as they re scared of the Chinese workers known as ''untiring workers' in the goldfields,so they were afraid of them for being so competitive in discovering gold in Aussie..
Later,when there was a steep rise in the number of the senior citizens and there were lack of young workers in order to exploit the resources in Aussie,then only they came to realise the importance of an ''open policy'' in their country....
Thus,the policy which was initially introduced was no more in favor and later waa demolished to encourage people from different continents to work and given permanent residents status if they live there for three years..
So,people from a myriad of cultures,origins regardless of their skin colors,religions or language are most welcomed to Australia and this no more formed a barrier between them and known as a ''chameleon spirit'' till now..
I guess that's all I want to write about this and wish me luck for my mid-term..
Mum,dad,I will do my best for you-)

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