Multiculturalism Quotes Flashcards
Modood on integration
‘There are different modes of integration and none of them … is to be dismissed’
Taylor on Recognition
‘Recognition is a vital human need’
Kymlicka justifying minority rights
Cultures are ‘contexts of choice’, giving appropriate framework to our goals
Parekh on identity
‘Culture is part of an immigrant’s identity… their self-respect is tied up with respect… for their culture’
Kymlicka on culture and identity
‘Culture provides an anchor for self-identification’
Parekh on culture
‘Human beings are culturally embedded’
Parekh on cross-cultural dialogue
‘Since each culture is inherently limited, a dialogue between them is mutually beneficial’
Berlin on value pluralism
‘Value pluralism entails a measure of negative liberty’
Modood on identity
‘We have to rethink what it means to be British … so it was inclusive of all fellow citizens’
Taylor on society
‘I object to the atomist view that men are self sufficient outside of society’
Appiah on culture
‘Culture matters, not because cultures matter, but because people matter and culture matters to people’
Berlin on value pluralism
‘Collisions of values are of the essence of what they are and what we are’
Taylor on recognition
‘Misrecognition can inflict a grievous wound’
Waldron on cultural mixing
‘Mongrelisation’
Parekh on pluralism
‘No culture is perfect and has the right to impose itself on others’
