Multiculturalism emerged as minority groups’ demand for public recognition of their identities

Evidence

There is currently a growing awareness that the traditional organization of modern Western democratic nation-states is not as equitable, or as egalitarian, as many have assumed it to be. In particular, the notion of a singular, common culture has been brought into serious question by a wide range of minority groups who have argued that it no longer adequately represents, if it ever did, the multiethnic composition of modern nationstates. Concomitantly, minority groups have argued for greater public recognition and representation in the public or civic realm of their ethnic, cultural, linguistic and/ or religious identities. This ideology or movement, call it what you will, has come to be known as multiculturalism. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 867

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines multiculturalism by its motivating demand: replacing the singular common culture with public recognition of minority cultural, linguistic, and religious identities.
• XREF: Flags the cultural-vs-structural tension in multiculturalism that mirrors the race-vs-ethnicity distinction; relevant to how the vault links CRT claims to multiculturalist theory. — connects to: Recognition of cultural identity has replaced economic redistribution in market multiculturalism — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 184; Multicultural minority claims clash with citizenship’s universalist individualist ideals; Majority groups hold their own preferences about minority acculturation — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 457 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Recognition of cultural identity has replaced economic redistribution in market multiculturalism #expands (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 184
• Multicultural citizenship reconciles universal rights with minority particularistic claims #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 830
• Multiculturalism allocated resources by ethnicity, deepening tribal divisions #qualifies (0.78) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 157
• Multicultural minority claims clash with citizenship’s universalist individualist ideals #qualifies (0.75)
• Liberal citizenship theory excludes communal identity from public recognition because diversity complicates state mediation #qualifies (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 880
• Majority groups hold their own preferences about minority acculturation #expands (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 457