HISTORY OF MULTICULTURALISM STUDY OF LITERATURE REVIEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Abstract

Multiculturalism is a term used to describe a person's view of the variety of life in the world, or cultural policies that emphasize the acceptance of diversity and various kinds of cultures (multicultural ) that exist in people's lives regarding values, systems, cultures, habits, and their politics. Before the emergence of multiculturalism , monoculturalism and assimilation that have become the norm in the nation-state paradigm since the early 19th century . Monoculturalism requires a normative cultural unity (the term 'monocultural' can also be used to describe pre-existing homogeneity ). Meanwhile, assimilation is the emergence of a desire to unite between two or more different cultures by reducing differences. thus creating a new culture. Multiculturalism has become an official policy in English - speaking countries , starting in Africa in 1999 . This policy was later adopted by most members of the European Union , as an official policy, and as a social consensus among elites . But in recent years, a number of European countries, especially Britain and France , have begun to change their policies towards a policy of multiculturalism. The policy change also began to be the subject of debate in the United Kingdom and Germany , and several other countriesMulticulturalism