Integration intercultural processes are now intensifying within the global community. In this regard, the question of the phenomenon of interaction of cultures, the degree and mechanisms of their influence on each other, the role and place of individual cultures in the global polyphonic ethnocultural choir is gradually becoming more relevant.

1. Multiculturalism in Western
Society: Features and Trends

2. • Integration intercultural processes are now intensifying within the
global community. In this regard, the question of the phenomenon
of interaction of cultures, the degree and mechanisms of their
influence on each other, the role and place of individual cultures in
the global polyphonic ethnocultural choir is gradually becoming
more relevant.

3. • Multiculturalism - is a policy
aimed at preserving and developing
cultural differences in a single country
and in the world as a whole, and
justifying such policies by theory or
ideology.

4. • Multiculturalism is contrasted with the concept of a melting
pot, where it is supposed to merge all cultures into one.
Examples include Canada, where multiculturalism is
cultivated, and the United States, where the concept of a
melting pot is traditionally proclaimed.

5. Natural Reaction to Multiculturalism:
Xenophobia
Racism

6. • It should be noted that multiculturalism is
experiencing problems in Western Europe today
• In France in April 2011. The law banning the
wearing of the burqa and hijab in public
places came into force

7. • Political elites and EU leaders have
unequivocally expressed their support for
limiting the flow of migrants from other
countries (mainly from Asia and Africa), which
coincides with the opinion of the majority of
citizens living in the EU
• EU Leaders begin to abandon the idea of
multiculturalism

8. • The multicultural model will be
effective only if the people who came
to the country have a job, their own
money, and feel social responsibility.
Otherwise, they are unemployed who
lead passive and unconscious lives on
social benefits

9. The essence of British multiculturalism
In the 1980s, the principles of multiculturalism became part of
British political practice. The abandonment of the assimilation
model of immigrant integration and the transition to a
multicultural model were due to serious problems faced by
European countries during the nineteen-21th and 20th
centuries.
Multiculturalism has come to be seen
by politicians as a tool to promote
cultural enrichment and build
a harmonious society.

10. • Unlike traditional liberal ideology, it focuses on protecting not
the individual rights of citizens, but the rights of collective
individuals in different ethnic and religious communities. The
main hallmark of multiculturalism is that by agreeing with the
political rules of the host society, migrants not only retain
their ethnic, religious and cultural characteristics, but in
some cases are even encouraged to do so.

11. • The UK is a prime example of the implementation of the
model of "hard" multiculturalism: the country has adopted a
number of laws aimed at preventing any form of
discrimination on the basis of national or racial grounds.
Tolerance has essentially become a dogma that requires strict
adherence from the British.

12. M.C. Resistance Policy
• The ethnic unrest in Oldham and the events of
9/11 in the United States undermined faith in
M.K.
• "If they want to be part of society, they have
an obligation to share those values..."
• The terrorist attack on London in 2005
completely turned the British away from
multiculturalism.

13. • Today, multiculturalism in the UK is perceived very
ambiguously. Multiculturalism is one of the most vague terms
of the political lexicon, meaning only what every speaker puts
into it.
• The UK government has almost officially acknowledged the
failure of the MK policy

14. German multiculturalism
• Germany's path to multiculturalism was different from the
British one, although the starting point was the same. Like
many Countries in Western Europe after World War II,
Germany faced severe labour shortages and actively attracted
foreign workers.

15. • They were not perceived as immigrants or even more
potential citizens, they were considered guest workers
(invited by foreign workers), and it was assumed that as soon
as the German economy ceased to need their services, they
would return home.

16. • Gradually, however, the presence of these guests, mostly Turks, has
evolved from a temporary necessity to a permanent presence. This
was partly because Germany continued to need their labour, and
on the other hand, immigrants and more their children began to
consider Germany their home. But the German state continued to
treat them as outsiders and denied citizenship.

17. • Instead of accepting immigrants as equals, the so-
called "Turkish problem" was solved through a policy
of multiculturalism. Since the 1980s, the
Government has encouraged Turkish immigrants to
preserve their culture, language and way of life. This
policy did not imply respect for diversity, but rather a
convenient way to avoid answering the question of
how to create a common, inclusive culture. And its
main consequence was the emergence of parallel
communities.

18. • Multicultural politics in Germany has contributed to the fact
that turks began to treat German society with indifference,
and the Germans, in turn, are increasingly antagonistic to
Turkish culture

19. Why does Germany need Syrian refugees?
• To increase the German armed forces in the
supposed war against ISIL
• the increase in cheap labor to compete with
the Chinese wheatgrass
• changing demographics - abandoning the
desire to preserve the "purity" of the German
nation?

20. ВЫВОД
• The failure of the idea of multiculturalism is
that it is impossible to live together different
peoples in one state while preserving their
identity.
• It's time for Europe to distinguish between
people and values

21. Here are the perspectives
of multicultural politics:
• Scenario "Integration Without Assimilation"
(Canada)
• Scenario "Reverse Discrimination"
(Compensation, USA)
• Scenario "Functional Tolerance" (Temporary
Citizenship, Germany)
• Scenario "Exchange" (Australia)