Multicultural Britain

Multicultural

Britain

By Estra Tõnisson

Do you know who these people are?

• Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr.

• Dua Lipa

• Farrokh Bomi Bulsara

• Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah

• Olajide William Olatunji

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What is multiculturalism?

What is multiculturalism?

• the belief that different cultures within a society should all be given importance (Cambridge Dictionaries Online)

• All these groups are positively accepted, not negatively tolerated

• Aspects of culture, customs, religion

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According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) based on population survey figures from 2019, people from ethnic minority backgrounds make up 14.4% of the United Kingdom

(16.1% for England, 5.9% for Wales, 5.4% for Scotland and 2.2% for Northern Ireland).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11480799/Census-results-2021-Data-maps-religion-ethnicity-England-Wales.html ​

​https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11480799/Census-results-2021-Data-maps-religion-ethnicity-England-Wales.html

Why people migrate?

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Came to Britain from northern Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries. Fought Vikings before being beaten by the Normans in 1066. Modern English is based on their language.

• the Vikings

• Angles, Saxons and Jutes

• Norman French

• the Irish

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Came to Britain from northern France in the 11th century. In 1066 their leader William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo Saxons in battle and was crowned King of England. They spoke French. Modern English contains many words from their language.

• French Normans

• Britons

• Jews

• Portuguese

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Many came to Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and settled in cities that became rich on the slave trade such as Liverpool and Bristol. Some had arrived earlier as soldiers in the Roman armies.

• West Africans

• Caribbeans

• Pakistani

• Indians

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Came to Britain in large numbers in the 19th century especially during the potato famine. Most game to build roads, railways and canals.

• Roma Gypsies

• Russians

• Chinese

• the Irish

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Came from islands near Americas, originally they were taken to those islands against their will as slaves from Africa. their main religion is Christianity. After World War II many came to Britain in response to a labor shortage.

• Indian

• West Africans

• African Carribeans

• Hawaiian

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The first wave of Caribbean immigrants arrived on the Empire Windrush in 1948, and other ships followed. Most first generation immigrants moved to Britain in order to seek an improved standard of living, escape violence or to find employment. They made their homes in Notting Hill and Brixton, and unfortunately weren’t spared the effects of racism and xenophobia.

• Bahamian

• Dominican

• Barbadian

• Jamaican

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Many came to Britain in the 1950s and 60s to work in the hotel and catering trades, many also came to seek refuge from human rights abuses at the end of the 20th century. They speak Cantonese, Hakka and Mandarin.

• Indonesian

• West Africans

• African Carribeans

• Chinese

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Most came to Britain in the 1950s and 60s in response to a labour shortage, to work in transport, textiles and NHS. The main religion is Islam and their main languages are English, Urdu and Mirpuri.

• West Africans

• Caribbeans

• Pakistani

• Indians

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Most came to Britain in the 1950s and 60s in response to labour shortages. However many had come earlier from the time when their country became a British colony. From 1773 one of their foods, curry, started to appear on British menus.

• Bangladeshi

• Pakistani

• Indian

• Chinese

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Most came to Britain from a country that was known as East Pakistan up to 1971. Many came in the 1960s and 70s and set up businesses, including restaurants and textile workshops. Their main religion is Islam and they speak many languages including Bengali and Syltheti.

• Bangladeshi

• Indian

• Pakistani

• Chinese

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Many came after World War II but most arrived after the 2004 enlargement of the European Union. Today, their language is the second most spoken language in Britain and it is the most common country of birth for non-UK born mothers in Britain.

• Czechs

• Polish

• Hungarians

• Lithuanians

Negative sides of multiculturalism?

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