UK - Nations Minorities (3)英语国家概况.ppt

UK Nations Minorities (3) New Immigration Questions Is immigration a new phenomenon? How do immigrants fit in to the UK and why is it not called a ‘melting pot’* like the USA? Why is multiculturalism being questioned now? Post-war Immigration What was new? Non-white immigration Afro-Caribbean Asian (India/Pakistan) Visible Minorities Some Chinese students’ views: “There is no British people but a community of different races and cultures (Philo 2010: p96). It totally opened my eyes – the multi-culture society....” (ibid.). “Occasionally you wonder whether this city [Manchester] is in Asia: Muslim turbans,* Sub continentals** and Chinese-looking guys are all over the place” (Chen Pu 2011, ‘Eaglish’, Vol. 17: p27). British Asians A new stress on ‘Britishness’ (after Sept 11th 2001) Islamophobia*? (Debates about multiculturalism v integration) Summary Non-white immigration from the Commonwealth* increased in the 1950s and 1960s to do manual (blue collar) jobs. The first generation faced discrimination in housing etc. Larger cities (London, Birmingham, Leeds, etc) are now quite multicultural, but not a ‘melting pot’ like the US. Ethnic minorities are still only 8% of the total population, but predicted to rise to 20% by 2050. Anxieties over the integration of Moslem communities and rising immigration have led to a greater emphasis on ‘learning to be British’, tests for citizenship and islamophobia in the media. Task 3 Is Britain multicultural? In its race relations, to what extent is Britain similar or different to the USA? What is ‘islamophobia’ and why is multiculturalism being questioned now? * * * * *大熔炉 For the first time, large numbers of non-white immigrants arrived in the UK from the colonies and Commonwealth* countries after 1948 to do labouring jobs. Many faced open racial discrimination until it was made illegal in the mid 1960s and 70s, following riots** in 1958. **暴乱 * 英联邦 Multiculturalism (or Segregation*)? Most concentrated in (poorer) urban centr