Auckland Deep Thinkers Online - "Multiculturalism"

**Multiculturalism**, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture. **Multiculturalism stands as a challenge to liberal democracy**. In liberal democracies, all citizens should be treated equally under the law by abstracting the common identity of “citizen” from the real social, cultural, political, and economic positions and identities of real members of society. There are two primary objections to multiculturalism. One is that multiculturalism privileges the good of certain groups over the common good, thereby potentially eroding the common good in favour of a minority interest. National unity could become impossible if people see themselves as members of ethnic or racial groups rather than as citizens of a common country. The second is that multiculturalism undermines the notion of equal individual rights, thereby weakening the political value of equal treatment. Equal individual rights could be set aside or deprecated in favour of rights that are possessed by the group. See also: [Multiculturalism - Diversity, Inclusion, Equality | Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/topic/multiculturalism/Challenges-to-multiculturalism) [Multiculturalism: A Bad Idea | 5 Minute Videos | PragerU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRORoS1FC8) [Thomas Sowell - The Reality Of Multiculturalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ESlS2jrhXY) The online meetings will use Microsoft Teams, which will work in a browser but will works better using the app, which you can download from: [Download Microsoft Teams Desktop and Mobile Apps | Microsoft Teams](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app) For a guide see: [Get started with Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-started-with-microsoft-teams-b98d533f-118e-4bae-bf44-3df2470c2b12)