ASSIMILATION, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY, AND THE MULTICULTURALIST LOBBIES

Multiculturalists oppose the idea of assimilation (whereby immigrants would be encouraged to become Australian) as they want immigrants to retain their own cultures and pass those cultures onto successive generations. While it is understandable that immigrants would have an attachment to their place of birth and native culture, assimilation does not demand that immigrants should forget their origins; but asks that they, and their offspring, become part of Australia and adapt to the Australian culture and way of life; rather than give impetus to ghettos and ethnic divisions within the country.

Multiculturalism, however, demands that immigrants remain attached to their place of birth and native culture. In fact, this demand even extends to the offspring of immigrants: people born in Australia, of immigrant parentage, are told not to join "mainstream" Australian culture, but to become multicultural "ethnics".

Multiculturalism is a political policy to actively encourage the strengthening, building, and promotion of separate cultural units within Australia. Multiculturalism is a political device to discourage immigrants, and their offspring, from becoming Australians.

The aim of internationalist-thinking liberals, academics, and "lefties" is - in effect - to destroy the Australian national and cultural identity. This "aim" is not the design of some well-organised conspiracy, but is rather the "logical" outcome of the thought-processes of liberal-internationalists, whose actions will cause such devastation; however, since these "trendies" are, or should be, well aware of the effects their policies will have on our national culture, their actions can only be regarded as deliberate. This intended destruction of the Australian identity is being carried out by a two pronged attack:

Firstly, the Australian identity is denied. Many academics, trendies and "lefties" maintain that Australia does not have its own national and cultural identity. They argue that Australian culture is either "British", or a multicultural mish-mash; they tell us that Australia has no culture of its own.

Ignored are the poets like Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Rex Ingamells, and Mary Gilmore; painters like Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Sydney Nolan, and Russell Drysdale; architecture such as the Federation style; music from Waltzing Matilda, to the Seekers, to the Bushwhackers, to Skyhooks; our heroes and heroines, for instance, Ned Kelly, Nellie Melba, Don Bradman, the ANZACs, and the men of the Kokoda Track; the Australian way of life, including the bush barbeque, Australian Rules Football, and games of Two-Up; Australian icons such as Vegemite, Goanna Oil, Hills Hoists, and Akubra hats; our entertainers and characters like Ginger Meggs, Chips Rafferty, Paul Hogan, Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson; our distinctive language, accent, and colloquialisms; the Australian character, styled as easy-going, fair and democratic, having a healthy disrespect for authority, and with a laconic humour; all shaped and influenced by the distinctive Australian landscape and our unique history.(10)

Secondly, the destruction of our identity is being carried out by multiculturalism itself. From politicians and academics comes the cry "we are all ethnics", no-one is an actual Australian - everyone is an "ethnic". The origin of your parents or forebears dictates what type of "ethnic" you are: if you have English parents then you're an English "ethnic", if you have Irish parents then you're an Irish "ethnic", German parentage produces a German "ethnic", and so on. If one parent is French, and the other Russian, then it could be assumed that you have to pick just one ethnicity, or perhaps you could become a multicultural schizophrenic? Australia's culture is being undermined by the effects of the continual push for multiculturalism (especially in our educational institutions); we are now being taught to see ourselves as "ethnics", rather than Australians, and this cannot help but to adversely affect our national cultural output and development.

The aim of this two-pronged attack is simple: no more Australians! Everyone becomes an "ethnic"; and the Australian identity and culture becomes treated as worthless and second-class, or gets twisted around to take on a multicultural slant. This destructive "aim" is the consequence of the actions of liberalistic internationalists of various shades; and, even if such destruction is not their actual intent, their ideology certainly manifests itself as an assault on our national well-being.(11)

As Loring M. Danforth, a Professor of Anthropology, has stated, "Multiculturalism, with its emphasis on community languages and ethnic media, promotes the development of these ethnic identities and impedes the development of a strong Australian national identity."(12) However, rather than being just an impediment, the long term results are actually destructive of the Australian national identity.

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I don't know who determines the meanings of multiculturalism, and assimilation, but I believe that misunderstandings about these terms is a root cause for much unnecessary dispute in this whole debate.

The fact of the matter is that many anti-multiculturalists do not agree with the definition of assimilation quoted, many regard any loyalty to, or fondness for, a cultural or ethnic heritage, other than australian, is an act of disloyalty to australia.

If all people accepted the quoted definition then I would not expect that there would be much dissent at all, as it seems eminently fair and reasonable, and acceptable to australians, both new, and old.

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In one sense while it's merely annoying, the combination of global jihad plus multicultist dhimmitude is incredibly harmful. At the same time that Islam pushes for our destruction, multicultists teach us to be cowards and ashamed of who we are. What a calamitous combination that has brought us to the brink of ruin.

But nothing is inevitable. Once leftism and multicultism were just radical ideas, now they are mantras chanted by everyone. It can be different - people just have to want it.

I suspect the ordinary person knows something is wrong, they just don't know quite what. They just have to learn for things to be better. Australia would be a far better place, a far better place without the muslims that have been let in here. They fill our prisons, rape our women, now have brought us shame on the world stage by attacking Indians. Even the moderates just wait for the day when they can take over.

Again the multicultist state lets whites take the blame, as this is preferable to ever offending the muslims.

Talk to any coptic, any serb, any maronite catholic, any Nigerian christian, hell, any Jew - and they will describe Islam as a cancer. You do not know your society is unwell, until the cancer has spread and you are riddled with it. Then it is too late, your society is dead, and you are dead. We need to cut the cancer out now, before it is too late. And it will be too late, very soon.

The UK now has a Police force that is corrupted by muslims. A Parliament corrupted by Muslims. Courts corrupted by muslims, and even sharia courts now.  Islam will bring us nothing that can be of any assistance to a secular state, except an extreme supremacist ideology that will constantly work to disrupt, destroy, and negate anything good that could ever come of Australia.

yes but you've never got it right and close your eyes and ears to reality.

Even that well know socialist and scoial scientist from the left Putnam had to admit his 5 year study showed that diversity policy otherwise known as multiculturalism weakened a society by increasing disharmony and causing social withdrawal.

Assimilation is nothing like multiculturalism...  shows just how WRONG you are in your belief.

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Indeed. Putnam initially was disgusted with the results of his experiment, deciding to hide it from view.

muslims are leaving that belief soon as they can.
Soon as people realise they CAN have freedoms and rights, they take them.

You realise Muslims and their culture is not the only problem...  there are other cultures and nationalities who do not wish to assimilate or fit in.  Even though I must admit that Muslim based nationalities are by far the worst, due to the fact that their culture espouses staying apart from all others.

yet many jews marry outside their religion.

Ah how do you explain the Americans that are Jews then if they have not assimilated?