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Interculturality Interculturality
to understand that each person thinks differently and can accept it however they are, even
if they agree on what they are or not. With young people who have been brought up in this
way, it will be possible to change the world for a peaceful place. Multiculturality implies
respect, multiculturality is necessary.
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What is the meaning of
multiculturality?
Mariana Rodríguez Arroyo
10th level
Teacher: Magdalena Guevara Aguilera
For Song (2010), “The term “multicultural” is often used as a descriptive term to characterize
the fact of diversity in a society, but in what follows, the focus is on multiculturalism as a
normative ideal in the context of Western liberal democratic societies. While the term has
come to encompass a variety of normative claims and goals, it is fair to say that proponents
of multiculturalism find common ground in rejecting the ideal of the “melting pot” in which
members of minority groups are expected to assimilate into the dominant culture.”
As we can see, the multiculturalism is when different groups from diverse cultures are living
together but in such a political and sociological way. This groups, apart of living together,
they collaborate and they coexist together.
Obviously to get to this multiculturalism, it needs a process called “Interculturality”.
Interculturality is the interaction between cultures, it is the process of communication between
this different human groups.
The two primary theories or models of multiculturalism as the manner in which different
cultures are integrated into a single society are best defined by the metaphors commonly used
to describe them—the “melting pot” and the “salad bowl” theories. (Longley, 2020)
The Melting Pot theory
For Longley (2020), “The melting pot theory of multiculturalism assumes that various
immigrant groups will tend to “melt together,” abandoning their individual cultures and
eventually becoming fully assimilated into the predominant society. Typically used to describe
the assimilation of immigrants into the United States, the melting pot theory is often illustrated
by the metaphor of a foundry’s smelting pots in which the elements iron and carbon are melted
together to create a single, stronger metal—steel.”
A lot of people, do not like this kind of multiculturalism, by the result of the racism. We can
see this whole movement about the Mexican immigrants called dreamers; these people went
to the US looking for a better life, the one that is called American Dream.
The Salad Bowl theory
This is a more liberal theory of multiculturalism than the melting pot, because this make
the people feel more comfortable with their culture and traditions. The wholes groups feel
confident with each other’s and all these people make a unique ambient.
For Longley (2020), “The salad bowl theory asserts that it is not necessary for people to give
up their cultural heritage in order to be considered members of the dominant society. For
example, African Americans do not need to stop observing Kwanzaa rather than Christmas
in order to be considered “Americans.”
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