Multiculturalism names incomplete political strategies, not a single achieved doctrine

Evidence

In fact, “multiculturalism” is not a single doctrine, does not characterize one political strategy, and does not represent an already-achieved state of affairs. It is not a covert way of endorsing some ideal, utopian state. It describes a variety of political strategies and processes which are everywhere incomplete. Just as there are different multicultural societies, so there are very different “multiculturalisms.” — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 308

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes the descriptive condition of multicultural societies from the contested doctrine(s) of multiculturalism — a key terminological disambiguation.
• CANDY: A crisp point neatly summarizing why ‘multiculturalism’ is contested: it’s not one thing, it’s several incomplete processes.
• XREF: connects to: Multicultural affirmation alone does not achieve collective liberation. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 1272; Multiculturalism dates to the 1960s and remains unfinished — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 868