The ever so knowledgeable Michael Barone has a wonderful column pointing out the silliness of the whole idea of "multiculturalism" which has sprouted up within Europe and vast swathes of academia within the US. If you really want to understand how the whole concept of multiculturalism is slowly rotting our society from the inside out, then I highly recommend this piece by Barone. I especially liked the following passages:
Multiculturalism is based on the lie that all cultures are morally equal. In practice, that soon degenerates to: All cultures are morally equal, except ours, which is worse. But all cultures are not equal in respecting representative government, guaranteed liberties and the rule of law. And those things arose not simultaneously and in all cultures, but in certain specific times and places -- mostly in Britain and America, but also in various parts of Europe.Above all else, Europe, Britian as well as the US have got to return to the concepts of the "melting pot," where people of different cultures emigrate to one particular nation and fully embrace their new country's traditions, culture, history, laws and language thus becoming a Netherlander, Brit or American. Until we return to the promotion of assimilation, we'll continue to see the fragmentation of the United States much like we see occurring in the UK as well as Holland.
In America, as in Britain, multiculturalism has become the fashion in large swathes of our society. So the Founding Fathers are presented only as slaveholders, World War II is limited to the internment of Japanese-Americans and the bombing of Hiroshima. Slavery is identified with America, though it has existed in every society and the antislavery movement arose first among English-speaking evangelical Christians.
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