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Multiculturalism

A woman walks by a mural in New York.

Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?

Language

Linguists have a lot of largely untested theories. Borrowing a tool from ecology, researchers built a model that didn’t look for one worldwide explanation.

The kebab, France's third most popular take-away food, is caught up in a battle for French identity.

‘Kebab-aphobia’ grips the French port city of Marseille

Culture

Multiculturalism failed, say European leaders

Participants in a grassroots anti-Muslim movement hold German flags during a demonstration in Berlin. The rise of the group, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, has shaken Germany's political establishment.

Germany’s anti-immigrant movement spooks the country’s leaders

Conflict
Juan Luis Garcia, a photographer and graphic designer, shows off the camera piñata he used to shoot promotional posters for the 20th San Diego Latino Film Festival in 2013.

Here are three people who might help Latinos strike it big in the American art scene

Arts
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In culturally homogenous South Korea, tentative steps toward multiculturalism

South Korea has long been known for its lack of cultural diversity. Even today, the country is more than 99 percent ethnic Koreans. But things are slowly shifting, with more foreigners moving to the country and having ethnically mixed children — which has presented new challenges for the government and the Korean people.

Britain’s new “Speak English” rule challenged

New English language proficiency test for would-be immigrants in the UK challenged in court case.

Germany’s multiculturalism dubbed a failure

Global Politics

German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently said that her country’s guest worker program and their multicultural approach to society has failed. Experts discuss the state and future of multiculturalism in Germany.

Striving for Justice in a Multicultural Society

As Janice Kelsey, a member of the Birmingham, Alabama Children’s Crusade, tells it, the modern Civil Rights Movement tried to address one of America’s most significant challenges: creating a justice system that addresses the needs of a multicultural society. Today, as David Miller, professor of political theory at the University of Oxford and author of […]

Does the College Recruitment Brochure Depict Diversity Dreams or Realities?

The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments regarding affirmative action and diversity in higher education.  That got us to thinking about a variety of topics related to college diversity, from personal stories to the most innocuous of all higher education materials: the university recruitment brochure. Most of us have seen those brochures, featuring four to seven […]

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