Uzma Shakir: Multiculturalism lives – in Canada, at least (in the Toronto Star)

Uzma Shakir is a community activist in the areas of immigration, multiculturalism and social inclusion.

"The state needs to worry not about cultural difference as such, but when cultural difference begins to define social, economic and political outcomes, particularly in a negative manner. If some cultural communities are persistently living in poverty, and official multiculturalism is merely celebrating our difference without addressing our inequality, than we need to make multiculturalism more robust and a mechanism not just to recognize our pluralistic reality but become a tool for our equality."

Full article: Multiculturalism lives – in Canada, at least.