Многонациональная Британия

The pie chart tells us about the variety of races that have found a home in Britain. Half of Britain’s ethnic population is Asian,

a quarter is Black, 15 % is of mixed race, 5 % is Chinese and 5% is something else

Major Ethnic Minorities

Black

Asian

Indian

Pakistani

Treating minority groups as equal citizens

Positive attitude to group differences

Multiculturalism

A variety of many different ethnic groups live together within the same society

All cultures are respected as much as each other

Benefits of multiculturalism for the Country

"We celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from the cultures and the races that go to make up Britain today.“

Tony Blair 2001

CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE, POLITICS AND SPORT

AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY DIFFERENT FOOD

INDIAN

CHINESE

LEBANESE

VIETNAMESE

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL

NEPALESE LIMBU

AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES

CHINESE MEW YEAR PARADE

HYPER JAPAN

Other advantages of ethnic diversity

• See world from other perspectives and points of view
• Help erase negative stereotypes
• Bring in new ideas and open up the world
• Less boring with a nice mix of people
• Teach the citizens of a democratic society to value diversity and differences

Expаnding vocabulary

• Community – сообщество, община
• Generation – поколение
• Minority – меньшинства
• To make up the majority – составлять большинство
• Origin – происхождение
• To pick on – дразнить
• Diverse – разнообразный, различный
• To bring up – растить, воспитывать
• Integrated – комплексный
• To be unheard of – быть неизвестным
• Mixed –race marriage – межрасовые браки
• Household name – широко известная личность

Who

Jerome

Li

Rupa

Jerome

Rupa

Who

Who

Who

Who

people of shared national identity

period of 25-30 years/people of a similar age

be the largest in number

ancestry

bullied

made up of a wide variety of things

European Union

raised from childhood

connected to the host community

not known

husband and wife from different ethnic groups

people everyone has heard of

make up the majority:

origin:

diverse:

E.U.:

community:

brought up:

Generation:

picked on:

unheard of:

mixed race marriages:

integrated:

household names:

1 The local community is incredibly warm and friendly.

2 The older generation rarely understand the younger generation.

3 The natives of the country still make up the majority .

4 My father has Irish origins .

5 Being picked on is one of the worst childhood experiences.

6 The town has a diverse population from many different nations.

8 I was brought up in a small village.

9 My family integrated well into the new culture.

10 Prejudice isn’t unheard of in any nation.

11 Mixed race marriages are becoming more and more common.

12 The celebrity party was full of household names .

Interviewer: How would you describe your

nationality?

Rupa: I’m third generation British–Indian.

Interviewer: Why did your family move to

Britain?

Rupa : To work in a factory.

Interviewer: When did they come to Britain?

Rupa: In 1962.

Interviewer: What language do you speak at home?

Rupa: Gujarati.

Interviewer: Do you spend a lot of time in the Indian community?

Rupa: Yes, I do. I enjoy taking part in all of our celebrations ― weddings and Hindu festivals.

But I also have friends that are not Indian.

Interviewer: How would you describe your nationality?

Li: I always call myself British because I live in Britain but I am of Chinese origin.

Interviewer: Where do you live?

Li: I live in Newham in East London ― it’s great!

Interviewer: What do you like about living in Newham?

Li: It is culturally diverse.

I nterviewer: Where are you from?

Jerome: I was born in Birmingham, England. But my parents are from The Caribbean, from

Jamaica.

Interviewer: How would you describe the Caribbean community?

Jerome: I would say it is well integrated. A lot has changed since the 1940s when there was a lot of racism.

Russia

Russia is a diverse multicultural society. More then 120 ethnic groups, many with their own national territories make up the population of Russia. Post-soviet Russia has evolved with three distinct minority ethnic groups in the country. Germans are the largest of these minority groups with a population of one million. Germans first came to Russia in 1682 and settled along the Volga River. The Germans came to Russia to provide essentials skills as craftsman and as traders. They became an autonomous republic that was dissolved in World War II. The North Koreans are a recently new minority group to Russia. In 1992 North Korea allowed many Koreans to migrate to Russia due to poor economic conditions in their own country. They immigrated to Russia and concentrated working in commercial activities. There is a history of racism suffered by the North Koreans due mainly to their threat to local merchants. The Roma people are a very detached minority group in Russia whose origins date back to the 1800s when they migrated into Russia from Europe. They live in small separate communities and tend to sell items in street markets. They have yet to integrate into Russian society and are often discriminated against. Russia struggles with racial discrimination due to its vast ethnic diversity. However, this diversity helps create a culturally rich society with much to offer for everyone.