This summer, Australians of all backgrounds and ethnicities must ask themselves whether the great Australian dream of multiculturalism has failed. And if it has, what is to be done? For decades, politicians from all sides have reassured us that a constant influx of people from across the globe was all upside and no downside.
Immigration, we were told, not only enriched us economically but also culturally. To a large extent, this was perceived to be true, and as white-bread Australia morphed into ciabatta, pita and bao bun Australia, we saw little reason to doubt that this would continue.
Alas, not all cultures are the same, and more importantly, not all cultures accept the fundamental condition of any successful large-scale immigration program: assimilation. Indeed, thanks to Whitlam-era Labor, terms like ‘new Australians’ and ‘integration’ were deemed ‘racist’.
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