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Many states in the world have a multi-ethnic population (Giddens & Sutton, 2013). Nowadays, the world is characterized by globalisation and the society changes fast. Many countries struggle with challenges that are linked to ethnic diversity. Migration is in many societies an issue, but the number of people that are migrating keeps increasing. Then, the question comes up: how should we organize the society to live together? Giddens and Sutton give three options: assimilation, ‘the melting pot’ and cultural pluralism. Assimilation means that new people in the country should totally adjust to their new environment, to the values and norms of the majority. This also takes along that there is no space for their original habits or traditions. In the United States, generations of …show more content…

In this model, you have the choice. Everybody can decide if they want to participate in society or hang on to their habits and way of living. Recently, multiculturalism is a new part in cultural pluralism. Multiculturalism is a state of policies, it implies different groups to live in harmony with each other. Multiculturalism is about values and norms and in what way society the diversity of values handles (Siim, 2007). Can you see assimilation as a kind of inclusion? You can doubt this, because don’t people always need to have a choice? If it is their choice to assimilate, that’s something else than being forced. The melting pot is, in my eyes, a very noble way to live together, but it also implies that every member of the society to needs to be open to new cultures, values and traditions. One can doubt if this is possible for everybody, because it asks a lot of the society. Maybe multiculturalism is a good way of living together? It is about accepting and being open, but you don’t need to change your own values. In my opinion, harmony is an important word. The kind of inclusion that there is established will depend on the society you live

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