Marieke
Bivar-Wikhammer
Immigration is a recurrent issue in countries around the
world. The meeting of the host country's and the immigrant's cultures and
languages can sometimes cause conflict as nationalisms flare up and cultural
and linguistic protectionisms kicks in. An interesting phenomenon is that of
the more recently founded nations like those of the Americas. For some
countries, like the United States, there is less emphasis on official
multiculturalism and more of a tendency to regard the ensemble of citizens as
being simply American. For other countries, like Canada, there is an emphasis
on multiculturalism and on encouraging cultural diversity... that is, officially.
Immigration is a recurrent issue in countries around the
world. The meeting of the host country's and the immigrant's cultures and
languages can sometimes cause conflict as nationalisms flare up and cultural
and linguistic protectionisms kicks in. An interesting phenomenon is that of
the more recently founded nations like those of the Americas. For some
countries, like the United States, there is less emphasis on official
multiculturalism and more of a tendency to regard the ensemble of citizens as
being simply American. For other countries, like Canada, there is an emphasis
on multiculturalism and on encouraging cultural diversity... that is, officially.
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