It's not just food, there are all kinds of shops that sell all kinds of crafts and items from around the world. There is a lot of interesting stuff you wouldn't have otherwise.

Originally posted by Arvaos:

I don't why the yanks are so scared of multiculturalism.

We're not. Just the "great replacement"-spouting ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who think "The New Colossus" was a WWE wrestler.

So you're saying that the only thing that different cultures have to offer is a variety of cuisine and some new recipe?
Sounds pretty racist to me but somehow I'm not surprised...

Originally posted by St✩rlight:

It's not just food, there are all kinds of shops that sell all kinds of crafts and items from around the world. There is a lot of interesting stuff you wouldn't have otherwise.

Of course, not only imports but also language and belief systems.

The English language is made up of Latin, German, and even Greek.

Originally posted by Immortalis:

So you're saying that the only thing that different cultures have to offer is a variety of cuisine and some new recipe?
Sounds pretty racist to me but somehow I'm not surprised...

Nope, architecture, art, culture, language as well. While you can't find Moroccan palaces in London, they are in Southern Spain.

There's even an Arab town in the US now which is an interesting mixture of culture.

There is ancient roman and viking architecture. Actually I'm not sure about viking architecture but there are museums with viking stuff.

I am from Brazil, so multiculturalism is first nature to me.

And I can say: if you stay at a hotel that only serves English breakfast and not a single genuine local dish (and they vary a lot from state to state, much like from country to country in Europe) – get out and eat on the street. You're missing out on a lot!

But I can understand people against multiculturalism: they hold dear things they know are bad – like sausages for breakfast.

Anything else is better and challenges their existence.

Originally posted by Arvaos:

London is a brilliant example of multiculturalism in action.

From Turkish and Persian to Indian, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai, every type of cuisine is available on your doorstep.

The "white man's London" where all anyone ate was mashed potatoes was painfully boring.

So gluttony is your reason for wanting multiculturalism? That seems like a garbage reason to fundamentally transform your nation.

You don't even need multiculturalism within the same country to have foreign foods. Many people cook Indian/Thai food every day even if they're white. It's pretty easy to learn to make yourself with recipes from the internet, or even easier to just open sauces from jars and add your own beans, veggies, tofu, rice, etc.

You could also have people native to the UK who start restaurants featuring foreign cooking. And in the absence of multiculturalism you probably would have something like that at some point.

Originally posted by Arvaos:

I don't why the yanks are so scared of multiculturalism.

It results in a lack of national unity, and that leads to people squabbling over inconsequential ethnic conflict issues and ignoring more important issues that are materially significant to the well-being of the overall nation and the average worker. Bad for the nation, bad for the working class.

Thinking of white culture as nothing but smashed potatoes is racist.

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:

Originally posted by Arvaos:

I don't why the yanks are so scared of multiculturalism.

We're not. Just the "great replacement"-spouting ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who think "The New Colossus" was a WWE wrestler.

I mean considering London is mostly non-white people today it doesn't really seem like a theory, they are quite literally replacing the white people. The only thing in question is that white people also did this to everyone else, so do they really have a leg to stand on?

I'm from Singapore, a country that prides itself on its multiculturalism. We're also one of the safest and cleanest countries, if that's important. To be honest, I see no reason to believe that multiculturalism needs to be treated like some great evil that must be avoided at all costs. Our country is proof that it can be done.

There's no such thing as "multiculturalism." It's a wet dream of delusion idealists who despise the real world. Culture, like anything else in the world, either blends into something different than either, or one gets replaced by the other. And like I said this law of nature doesn't apply to just culture. It also applies to technology, to art, biology and evolution, language. Everything.

Let's continue to use England as an example. It was settled by two culturally different groups, more than that really. You had Anglos, Saxons primarily. They each had their own language, own customs, own culture. Do you see any semblance of either of those today? No. One replaced the other and evolved from there, or they blended, but the result of either option is still just one culture.

And what we see in England today isn't this peaceful Star Trek universe bullcrap. We see "no-go zones." An increase in stabbings, rape, as the different cultures have formed their own autonomous societies, and are now at odds with each other. So whether everybody stays with their own groups or it all blends into one, the end result will be a single culture.

Originally posted by Schindler's Lifts:

I'm from Singapore, a country that prides itself on its multiculturalism. We're also one of the safest and cleanest countries, if that's important. To be honest, I see no reason to believe that multiculturalism needs to be treated like some great evil that must be avoided at all costs. Our country is proof that it can be done.

Sadly there are a lot of racist who refuse to accept other people just because they are different. It's not just race or culture, these people will always hate anyone different, and when they run out of people to hate, they make new boogeymen to attack.

culture and cuisine are barely related in this regard.

*eats Schnitzel and Sauerkraut*

My parents made sure to show me National Geographic specials and the 1956 Around the World in 80s Days to hammer respect and interest for other cultures into me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwF20rAezg

The scene at Mamayev Kurgan (36:30) has always stuck with me. The National Geographic Society was once so globally respected the USSR invited them and gave them mostly unrestricted access.

It's despicable they got bought by Disney; the company that started the myth of lemming suicide by tossing the critters off a cliff and filming it and calling it a "documentary."