Adoption of Multiculturalism

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Multiculturalism is the co-existence of the diverse cultures where culture comprises of an
ethnic, religious, or cultural group and is revealed in routine behaviours, cultural assumption
and principles, patterns of thinking and communication styles. It means that one cultural
identity cannot control all the other identities; people are able to contribute to their faith
community without contradicting or hiding their cultural identities (Taylor, 2016).
Multiculturalism means cultivating a religious community where individuals of all races,
traditions, and cultures perceive their cultural identities revealed and acknowledged in every
phase of congregational life—worship companionship, leadership, governance, religious
education, social justice, etc (Race, 2015).
It is basically the development of a shared community in which all the diverse cultures are
respected and creates a positive environment that is supportive and fair for all the people. It
majorly focuses on the minority groups and believes that these groups are worthy of special
acknowledgement of their difference within a foremost political culture. Human rights are the
basic standards that govern the success of the approval of the multiculturalism. They are the
secular principles that guide human interactions evolving dignity, mutual respect and equality
(Race, 2015).
It is considered as the demographic descriptor of the varied population considering diverse
cultures, religions and the national identities living within the boundary. The countries plan
several programs, policy to effectively respond to such diversity. It includes anti-terrorism
measures, special welfare and language training services and anti-discrimination measures.
Multiculturalism is well defined as a reliable society run around definite cultural ideal rather
than as a collection of ghettoised individual cultural foundations. Multiculturalism is based
upon the foundations of fairness, equality, justice and non-discrimination. It is understood as

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a social compact that includes power and wealth sharing between diverse ethnocultural
groups (Meer, 2016).
Multiculturalism is related to immigrant assimilation, combination and adaptation, which
affects immigrants’ success in the adopted countries. Adoption of multiculturalism leads to
positive impacts on the country but also includes the threat of terrorism, inter-ethnic crises
and ethnic crime (Blair, 2015).
It is analysed that the acceptance of multiculturalism is high among the Australian public.
The government of the country has developed well-organized immigration programs to
generate the acceptance of the diverse culture among the Australian population. The country
has high acceptability of the diverse culture after the introduction of the active policy of
immigration since the year 1945. The government and the non –government organizations in
Australia are making continuous efforts to have the acceptance of cultural diversity and
respect the diverse culture and norms. The Australian government had made significant
changes in the multiculturalism policy after the year 1970 (Blair, 2015).
During the World War I and II, the Australian government establish the imprisonment camps
in the remote locations for the women, men and children and classed them as enemy aliens
and the country adopted the white Australian policy. The government restricted non-
European immigration to Australia. The development of the new policies limits ethnic and
cultural diversity and excludes the persons who did not fit the character of Australian society
(Pruitt, 2016).
After the year 1970, the Australian government adopted multiculturalism and develop the
policies to accept cultural diversity and intimate positive response towards the diverse
population. The government provide the medical support system, especially to the non-
English speaking residents. The white government policy was way out after World War II