{"id":55,"date":"2008-07-27T06:33:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T20:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.wordpress.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2008-07-27T06:33:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T20:33:31","slug":"cosmopolitan-or-multicultural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"cosmopolitan or multicultural"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I always liked about Melbourne was how multicultural it was and how far it had come in this regard to when I first arrived there in about 1969. So it was a bit of a culture shock to step back in time by arriving in Sydney. Here are a few things that have been said to me while I have been here.<\/p>\n

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  1. An old and wise jewish man from the north shore once said Sydney is not\u00a0Multicultural, it is cosmopolitan.<\/li>\n
  2. Another man in the Eastern Suburbs said that multiculturalism was dead.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
    Other people in recent times have tried to tell me that Sydney is multicultural\u00a0because\u00a0it has many cultures. I think that they do not understand. Sydney is many cultural, but not multicultural. That it is has many cultures but there is massive segregation\u00a0between\u00a0them. They are separate. I think that to be multicultural the cultures need to go into a mixing melting pot to produce something that is both a\u00a0composite\u00a0of the ingredients and\u00a0something\u00a0more. It is the next stage beyond many\u00a0cultures.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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