The Pros And Cons Of A Multiethnic Society

Is a multicultural society desirable?
There are good and negative aspects for everyone and we all must decide for our selves

With worldwide immigration getting more and more active we all must try to get along with other people, however "different" they look or behave from us. Let's face it, foreigners are here to stay in our country (wherever you may live) so you need to think about it.

Anytime anybody says something against a particular ethnic group, he or she takes a chance of being called a racist. Is that logical or does it make sense? Of course not. Too many people have become too sensitive. I think one part of the reason is that “political correctness” funk.

Most people are creatures of habit and look at people that are different in a (at best) curious way, wondering how they are as people. We examine the way they look and if they are "different" from us
(this is why I choose the accompanying image, taken in Irian Jaya, or New Guinea to make the point of being different from most of us). We look at most that are different from us initially with "suspicion" and perhaps are slow in "warming up" to the stranger.

After traveling for 25 years to over 75 countries I have seen and often met the locals and usually traveling solo I had never had any problem meeting them or getting to know about them if I was so inclined.

Most societies have their own ways they live, behave, dress and think.