There is a mixture of people from different cultures and ethnic groups in a country. Why? Is this a positive or negative development?
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In many metropolises around the world, especially in English speaking
countries, it is not surprising to see people from different ethnics or cultures
living and working together. How this comes into existence and what influence
this exerts on our society will be discussed as follow?
Such co-existence of races in many major cities can largely be attributed to
modern transportation and telecommunication technologies, to be specific,
airplanes， computer and the internet. This advancement increases mobility of
human and promotes communication and interaction between people without
limitation of space and time. The earliest and most obvious representation lies
in the globalization of trade and business which expand beyond the national
border and facilitate people involved to immigrate permanently or live overseas
temporarily. Some countries like USA or Australia have tradition of immigration
and they welcome distinctive cultures and ethnics or at least they tolerate
differences well. In these places, multi-culture is the embodiment of a high
level of civilization.
Of course melting pots have caused some concerns or problems. Races with
different religions sometimes collide due to misunderstanding of other cultures.
The dominant culture may have the tendency of assimilating or marginalizing
other minor ethnics, leading to the young immigrated generation being confused
with their cultural and political identity. Multiculturalism aimed at
establishing an egalitarian society is deemed by some people to be over
simplistic and idealistic.
However, this trend of globalization seems impossible to reverse and trying
to deny it would not be as wise as to keep pace with it. Cultural diversity is
believed to stimulate open-mind of people and the creativity and innovation of a
society due to accommodation and communication of different ideas, therefore
enhancing productivity and prosperity of a society in both economic and cultural
terms. Looking back human history, brilliant ancient civilizations always
featured a high level of inclusiveness of exotic cultures and religions.
To conclude this essay, the integration of cultures and ethnics in many areas
in the world reflects the desire of human beings for widening their horizon and
exploring the unknown world and this in turn accelerates more contact between
distinctive cultures and ethnic groups. Human society would be more dependent on
each other and realizing this sooner would be helpful for us to adapt to the
current trend.
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