Multicultural practices do not erase allegiance to an encompassing cultural group.

Evidence

In a related critique of Waldron’s position, Margalit and Raz (1995) argue that people today may well adopt (and adapt) a varied range of cultural and social practices but that this does not necessarily diminish their allegiance to an “encompassing group” with which they most closely identify (see also Taylor, 1994). Moreover, if members of dominant ethnic groups typically value their own cultural membership, it is clearly unfair to prevent minority groups from continuing to value theirs. As Kymlicka again observes, “leaving one’s culture, while possible, is best seen as renouncing something to which one is reasonably entitled” (1995a:90). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 931

Categorization

• DEFINE: Definitions cultural membership as a group-level entitlement that eclectic practice does not dissolve.
• XREF: Connects to ethnicity as durable collective force (Smith) and to cosmopolitan-vs-multicultural discussions in the vault. — connects to: Cosmopolitan cultural mixing does not erase allegiance to an encompassing group; Culture does not divide into one coherent culture per community — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 369; Cultural harmony does not require uniformity among civilizations — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 327 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Cosmopolitan cultural mixing does not erase allegiance to an encompassing group #corroborates (1.00)
• Culture does not divide into one coherent culture per community #corroborates (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 369
• Cultural harmony does not require uniformity among civilizations #corroborates (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 327
• Racial and cultural mixture is a foundational human condition, not a modern anomaly #corroborates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1335