Is the slewing of multiculturalism really doing us any justice?

In light of David Cameron's recent assertion that multiculturalism has failed, I stumbled across an article by Mark Steyn, for the telegraph, arguing: "multiculturalism" is really a suicide cult conceived by the Western elites not to celebrate all cultures, but to deny their own. And that's particularly unworthy of the British, whose language, culture and law have been the single greatest force for good in this world.

Although his comment was made during the Labour government's reign, his comment is arguably more relevant today with the changes the Tory party are calling for.

Steyn's argument that multiculturalism has been suicidal to British identity has completely missed the point of what multiculturalism aims for - the celebration of ALL cultures. It also demonstrates an utterly ethnocentric view of what he defines as 'good in this world'. A purely one sided approach to this has been taken and Steyn needs to open up his eyes to the good in all parts of the world and society.

I am not saying multicultural strategies have been flawless but their shortcomings are not so severe that going back in time to a renewal of assimilation to British culture only, as both he and Cameron suggest, is necessary. We have gone too far in today's society, especially with the influences of individualism to try and merge us all into one being. There is too much beauty in our difference to assimilate and that is what Britishness now represents. Instead we should focus on our differences as a unifying identity and come together with a conjoined interest in what we can learn from one another.

To read Steyn's article click the below link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3614135/Britain-has-been-in-denial-for-too-long.html