why did the west commit to multiculturalism?

[Furunculus]

Multiculturalism: where other, non indigenous people have come and transplanted all their own culture along with them, not to meld with the native culture, but to be a separate entity.

In its most extreme form different clothing, different language, no desire to intermarry and whose descendants do not view themselves as from the country they were born in either.

A simple example. I am English. Is that Viking, Saxon, Celt, Roman, French, Danish or one of possibly a dozen others? I neither know nor care. A colleague of mine defines herself as Tamil. Born in Slough. She has certainly integrated to a degree but she refuses to describe herself as English even though she is as English as I am, as we were both born here.

When she has spoken of finding a husband she would either look to other Tamils in the UK or go back to Sri Lanka (go back? She never lived there!) to find one.

It is this outlook that I am opposed to.

good description of the problem; are you my familiy, with a commitment to me and mine, whom i can rely upon to act in a predictable and acceptable way in times of hardship? if "yes", it is worth my while extending the same commitment to you!

[Papewaio]

A quarter of the population in my neighbourhood is Indian or Sri Lankan (roughly 20% & 5% respectively). A lot of the guys I work with in IT are also Indian/Sri Lankan/Pakistani/Fijian Indian. Quite a few still marry in arranged marriages particularly if they are their parents immigrated here. My guess is that the second and third generation will be a lot more intermingled. Mind you I think if I was a short vegan who belived in mythical powers I'd need my parents to help me score a girl too...

I also know walking around the city that there are a mixed couples with an Indian partner. Strangely enough it seems a higher percentage of these are the tall, muscular Indian guys.

I think a lot of it comes down to girls will only go out with a taller partner... not racism, heightism.

[rory_20_uk]

Oh, I'm sure they'll enjoy snacking on white meat, but will they marry them?

[InsaneApache]

@ Adrian II; I'm not sure about commitment, she sounds like she should be committed. Ten years looking for a partner to marry! Jeez loads of people have married, had kids, got divorced and married again in less time than that.

[Papewaio]

Oh, I'm sure they'll enjoy snacking on white meat, but will they marry them?

Actually I was thinking of the couples with kids... and most of them had asian wives (chinese)...except for the really tall indian guys... which was my point about heightism not racism being more prevalent... a lot of our prejudices are when looked into not as simple as skin colour.

For instance alliteration is common in naming kids. It's also more common for partners to marry someone with a similar sounding name/syllables then just chance would indicate.