Tag Archives: diversity
Review: Berlin needs you (but why?)
Why is immigration important? The debate takes many angles. There’s the demographic argument, that developed countries with low birth rates and aging populations need bodies to maintain the replacement rate. There’s the globalization take, that the movement of people in all forms is increasingly inevitable and contributes to global competitiveness and 21st century skills. The moral or even religious spin, emphasizing human dignity, charity, an obligation for prosperous nations to help those more needy. But few arguments are as pervasive as the economic one…[Read more!]
Whose Multikulti is it? The elusive definition of Multiculturalism
The various meanings of the German word Multikulti are just as ‘multi’ as the differences the word aims to describe. Take the Multikulti breakfast, for example. Apparently, a “Multikulti breakfast” is eating Vegemite with maple syrup. Or is it? [Read more!]