Mulitculturalism goes both ways.
I agree that immigrants should learn about the native culture and certainly learn English (excpet for maybe seniors), but the dominent culture here needs to be inclusive as well. If they don't facilitate an opportunity for new immigrants to integrate, it won't happen.
A lot of people don't want to accept new immigrant, especially visible minorities, so should it really be surprising that those people stick with others like themselves?
If some guy comes here from Asia, and gets stupid looks all the time for his accent, he's gonna go where people don't give him stupid looks.
If minorities get treated with racism (like the bar example), they aren't gonna feel very welcome and aren't gonna care about being like those people who don't even want them in this country.
There's people on both sides of the issue who polarize it, and that's when problems start.
Blair may have a point, but he(and England) should look in the mirror and try to understand how the seperation of cultures has happened there.
We in Canada, should learn from their mistakes and make sure it doesn't happen here. And that responsibility isn't solely on immigrants.
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