"In two years’ time the people of Scotland will be asked whether they
want to become an independent sovereign state. It is not often that a
300-year-old union is broken, so the vote will have ramifications far
beyond a land of 5m people. Scottish independence could lead to a
break-up of the United Kingdom. The Catalans, among other disaffected
European groups, see Scottish independence as a harbinger of their own
bid for nationhood. Other diverse nation-states watch, and worry."
The Economist - Apr 14th 2012
United in diversity
"A tolerant society is more likely to engender mutual trust and cooperation. It tends towards a more peaceful society; insofar as we are willing to learn from others, we are more able to negotiate and compromise our differences. In a tolerant society there is thus apt to be less cruelty, hypocrisy, and duplicity, less dogmatism, hatred, and fanaticism..." Paul Kurtz
It is always difficult to speak about nations & nationalism, ethnicity & ethnic processes, religions & languages, etc. In the world full of stereotypes some notions and concepts may be misinterpreted or interpreted in two ways, but the course is over and I am happy with its results proving once more that cultural diversity only enriches our world! Together with my students we visited the national museum of ethnography and natural history at the end of the course. Here are some pictures from our classes and from the museum.
"People see the world not as it is, but as they are".
I'm not alone in feeling English, not British. But that has nothing to do with racism or Ukip | Suzanne Moore
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