Assess the impact of events such as 9/11, 7/7 and the Paris attacks on the prospects of ethnic minorities across Western societies.
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Multiculturalism has been happening for countless centuries, however the amount of it has drastically increased in volume since the post-war era, mainly as a result of refugee’s and issues that came along with the cold war. Since the first Iraq war, and general the modern period after the cold war, many minorities from non-European backgrounds have been moving slowly west in an attempt to get away from extremist beliefs and collapsed cities which have now become warzones. This is especially true in nations previously in conflict with Russia, such as Afghanistan. This essay aims to look at the reasons why there is a clash between ethnic minorities across western civilizations. One theory being Samuel P. Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’, it explains how the most different each society is, the less likely they can communicate unless they come to a negotiation. What will also be discusses is the concept of …show more content…
In ‘The Spectre of Terrorism’ by Roger Douglas, he states that the experience in which terrorism creates an unease in which is hard to dissipate, regardless if it’s domestic or international, especially if it’s in regards to the UK. This suggests that things such as the media playing a key role in perception despite what some say. ‘Multiculturalism is Dead!’ the daily mail proclaimed exactly a year after the London bombings, also known as the 7/7 bombs as a similarity to the attack on 9/11. Multiculturalism therefore is less a state of action and more as a state of society, despite what is noted in the news networks, especially those that cater to more conservative
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Multiculturalism has been happening for countless centuries, however the amount of it has drastically increased in volume since the post-war era, mainly as a result of refugee’s and issues that came along with the cold war. Since the first Iraq war, and general the modern period after the cold war, many minorities from non-European backgrounds have been moving slowly west in an attempt to get away from extremist beliefs and collapsed cities which have now become warzones. This is especially true in nations previously in conflict with Russia, such as Afghanistan. This essay aims to look at the reasons why there is a clash between ethnic minorities across western civilizations. One theory being Samuel P. Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’, it explains how the most different each society is, the less likely they can communicate unless they come to a negotiation. What will also be discusses is the concept of …show more content…
In ‘The Spectre of Terrorism’ by Roger Douglas, he states that the experience in which terrorism creates an unease in which is hard to dissipate, regardless if it’s domestic or international, especially if it’s in regards to the UK. This suggests that things such as the media playing a key role in perception despite what some say. ‘Multiculturalism is Dead!’ the daily mail proclaimed exactly a year after the London bombings, also known as the 7/7 bombs as a similarity to the attack on 9/11. Multiculturalism therefore is less a state of action and more as a state of society, despite what is noted in the news networks, especially those that cater to more conservative