Multicultural-Britain

MAJOR ETHNIC MINORITIES
Black
Asian
Indian
Pakistani

MULTICULTURALISM
Treating minority groups as equal citizens
Positive attitude to group differences
A variety of many different ethnic groups live together within the same society
All cultures are respected as much as each other

BENEFITS OF MULTICULTURALISM FOR THE COUNTRY
"We celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from the cultures and the races that go to make up Britain today.“
Tony Blair 2001

CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE, POLITICS AND SPORT

INDIAN
VIETNAMESE
CHINESE
LEBANESE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY DIFFERENT FOOD

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
HYPER JAPAN
NEPALESE LIMBU
CHINESE MEW YEAR PARADE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES

OTHER ADVANTAGES OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY
See world from other perspectives and points of view
Help erase negative stereotypes
Bring in new ideas and open up the world
Less boring with a nice mix of people
Teach the citizens of a democratic society to value diversity and differences

Expаnding vocabulary
Community – сообщество, община
Generation – поколение
Minority – меньшинства
To make up the majority – составлять большинство
Origin – происхождение
To pick on – дразнить
Diverse – разнообразный, различный
To bring up – растить, воспитывать
Integrated – комплексный
To be unheard of – быть неизвестным
Mixed –race marriage – межрасовые браки
Household name – широко известная личность

Jerome
Li
Rupa
Jerome
Rupa
Who
Who
Who
Who
Who

make up the majority:
origin:
diverse:
E.U.:
community:
brought up:
Generation:
picked on:
unheard of:
mixed race marriages:
integrated:
household names:
people of shared national identity
period of 25-30 years/people of a similar age
be the largest in number
ancestry
bullied
made up of a wide variety of things
European Union
raised from childhood
connected to the host community
not known
husband and wife from different ethnic groups
people everyone has heard of

1 The local community is incredibly warm and friendly.
2 The older generation rarely understand the younger generation.
3 The natives of the country still make up the majority.
4 My father has Irish origins.
5 Being picked on is one of the worst childhood experiences.
6 The town has a diverse population from many different nations.
8 I was brought up in a small village.
9 My family integrated well into the new culture.
10 Prejudice isn’t unheard of in any nation.
11 Mixed race marriages are becoming more and more common.
12 The celebrity party was full of household names.

Interviewer: How would you describe your
nationality?
Rupa: I’m third generation British–Indian.
Interviewer: Why did your family move to
Britain?
Rupa: To work in a factory.
Interviewer: When did they come to Britain?
Rupa: In 1962.
Interviewer: What language do you speak at home?
Rupa: Gujarati.
Interviewer: Do you spend a lot of time in the Indian community?
Rupa: Yes, I do. I enjoy taking part in all of our celebrations ― weddings and Hindu festivals.
But I also have friends that are not Indian.

Interviewer: How would you describe your nationality?
Li: I always call myself British because I live in Britain but I am of Chinese origin.
Interviewer: Where do you live?
Li: I live in Newham in East London ― it’s great!
Interviewer: What do you like about living in Newham?
Li: It is culturally diverse.

Interviewer: Where are you from?
Jerome: I was born in Birmingham, England. But my parents are from The Caribbean, from
Jamaica.
Interviewer: How would you describe the Caribbean community?
Jerome: I would say it is well integrated. A lot has changed since the 1940s when there was a lot of racism.