Multiculturalism refers to cultural diversity within a society where multiple groups maintain distinctive cultural beliefs and identities. It emerged from black consciousness movements in the 1960s and has been aided by post-WWII migration trends. It is mainly practiced in countries like the US, Canada, Germany, and India. The principles of multiculturalism include politics of recognition, culture and identity, minority rights, and celebrating diversity. While it aims to reduce discrimination, some argue it can threaten national identity and unity.

2. Made by
Sameer Shindadkar

3. What is multiculturalism?
As a descriptive term it refers to cultural
diversity where two or more groups with
distinctive beliefs/cultures exist in a
society.

5. How To Achieve?
• What we want currently is the understanding
between nations and races.
•In order to learn and understand the other
races, multiculturalism is crucial in achieving the
said objective
• Thus, we must conquer the stalemate of mutual
understanding

6. Origin and development of
multiculturalism
 Emerged as a result of black consciousness movements in
the 1960s.
 Has been helped by trends in international migration since
1945.
 And Ethnocultural nationalism have inspired many minority
communities to assert themselves.

8. Where it mainly Practiced ?
 It is mainly practiced all over the world but in huge amount it is Practiced in
following countries.
 U.S.A
 Canada
 Germany
 India

9. Principles of multiculturalism
 Politics of recognition
 Culture and identity
 Minority rights
 Diversity

12. Minority rights
• In the case of immigration, the granting of polytechnic rights- e.g. legal exemptions-
halal or kosher butchers.
• Minority or multicultural rights are separate from liberal view on rights because they
belong to the group rather than an individual. Hence multiculturalism is essentially
collective and communitarian.

13. Diversity
 Multiculturalists believe that cultural diversity is compatible with political
cohesion. People have multiple identities and therefore loyalties.
• People are able to participate in society because they have a firm and secure
identity rooted in their own culture. Denial of culture results in isolation and
powerlessness providing a breeding ground for extremism.
• Diversity should be celebrated. It fosters cross cultural tolerance and understanding.

14. Multiculturalism in global age
 Multiculturalism may well be the successor to the nationalism of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries.
 Multiculturalism could prove to be an unstoppable force in the twenty-first
century and beyond.
 Multiculturalism might prove however to have its limitations, and become
unfashionable.

16. Multicultural Education
 Field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal
educational opportunities from racial, ethnic, social class and cultural groups.
 It is progressive approach for transforming education that holistically critiques and
addresses current shortcomings, failings and discriminatory practices in education.

17. Advantages
 With multiculturalism, racial discrimination is decreased. People from one culture
could share information regarding their own culture, which helps other cultures
understand the rationale behind certain traditions and practices regardless of their
obscenity or offending nature.
 Multiculturalism helps promote integrated efforts to help improve a culture that
could be offending certain human rights or discriminating against people in the
same culture. The capability of voicing out opinion from one culture to another
could have a forum through the Internet.

18. Disadvantages
 Brings anxiety to stability to national identity.
 Creates national disunity
 Questionable loyalties.
 Genocide