Essay On Multiculturalism In Spain

INTRODUCTION

Multiculturalism is an important and controversial topic in our society that has been talked about in all the professional fields, as education, politics, sanity, etc. It is an important topic because societies are changing. The structure of them is becoming homogeneous, and so, it has born the necessity to foment the cultural diversity in order to create an atmosphere of respect and tolerance. However, people is not always defending multiculturalism, but there are a huge amount of perspectives against this topic. Thus, it has become a controversial subject that has been debated and defended by most of the individuals.

As I have mentioned previously, nowadays multiculturalism is relevant in our society in every field connected with our lives. Thus, it is also important in the educational one, this is, my professional field. I consider cultural diversity is an essential factor in order to achieve children receive a good education and so, the children’s integral development.

Taking into account the importance of this topic in the education, it is

First of all, the most remarkable consequence is the Spanish population’ growth. Spain grew in 4. 255.880 habitants during 7 years, this is, a 10,68%. Also, the birth rate increased and the Spanish population was rejuvenate because of the young immigrants. In addition to this, there were controversial consequences in the economic field, because immigration made increase the PIB but also it reduced the worker’s salary. As well, immigrants got all the jobs that the Spanish population didn’t want and it was a benefit for all of them. Besides, Spanish immigration also produced sociocultural and linguistic consequences because it fomented the cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, making born new communities of languages in Spain, as the Arab, the Romany, English