Cameron and Counter-terrorism: Creating a Shared Sense of Identity?
David Cameron’s speech on radicalisation and Islamic terror delivered at the Munich Security Conference outlined the Coalition Government’s standpoint regarding multiculturalism and counter-terrorism strategy. Significantly, only weeks after the Conservative co-chairman Baroness Warsi announced that Islamophobia had become socially acceptable in Britain, Cameron’s attack on multiculturalism appeared to align the Government with the ideology of [...]
Different Shades of Brown
Skin colour is a touchy subject in the Indian sub-continent. .The fairer the better is the ideology that is frequently promoted. But how did this obsession with lighter skin come about? And what effect does it have on people? The two Artistic Directors of British Asian theatre company Caste Away Arts share their views. Reena [...]
Shifting the multiculturalism debate
Shifting Dialogues: Towards a Rights-Based, Free and Fair Civic Integration Policy Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany’s assertion that multiculturalism has “utterly failed” has elicited an array of responses including conservatives calling on a return to assimilation. But what does multiculturalism and assimilation mean? And what role do they play in policy? I argue that, [...]
