Both multiculturalism (which involves recognizing and appreciating differences) and racial/ethnic colorblindness (which can involve emphasizing similarities or individual characteristics) are ...intended to promote intergroup harmony. Nevertheless, these ideologies can backfire when salient. Although this work has sometimes been interpreted to suggest that dominant group members may perceive salient multiculturalism, and non-dominant group members may perceive salient colorblindness, as threatening, it is unclear what about these interethnic ideologies poses a threat and why. The present article draws upon theories of the self-concept to introduce a framework of Multiculturalism and Colorblindness as Threats to the Self. Specifically, it is proposed that multiculturalism (colorblindness) is potentially threatening to dominant (non-dominant) group members’ collective, relational, and personal selves. Dispositional and contextual variables that may moderate perceptions of threat among members of dominant and non-dominant groups, alternative interethnic ideologies to multiculturalism and colorblindness, and potential future research directions are discussed.
While previous research has addressed the potential for multi-ethnic festivals to contribute to sense of belonging and instill multicultural values and place identities in urban areas, many are ...critical of how festivals and events contribute to social capital, justice, and social sustainability. As cultural phenomena, festivals can feed into the practices and networks of people's everyday lives rather than be perceived as exotic, aesthetic and isolated events. Responding to Canada's new multi-ethnic realities, new multiculturalism policies have addressed these criticisms and foster social justice, civic participation, and identity-creation. This study investigated the role of multi-ethnic festivals in contributing to social sustainability through everyday place-making and sensuous multiculturalism. Ethnic community group members as festival exhibitors through their narratives acknowledged bonding rituals of festival preparation, sensuous encounters during festival performances, and opportunities to bridge with other ethnic groups through socio-cultural exchange. The everyday place-making and sensuous multiculturalism of festival experiences engenders everyday multiculturalism in outwardly diverse ways, providing opportunities for bonding and bridging social capital and thus contributing to social sustainability.
In recent years psychologists have been increasingly concerned about potentially harmful therapy, yet this recent discourse has not addressed issues that have long been voiced by the multicultural ...counseling and psychotherapy movement. We aim to begin to bring these seemingly disparate discourses of harm into greater conversation with one another, in the service of placing the discipline on a firmer foothold in its considerations of potentially harmful therapy. After reviewing the two discourses and exploring reasons for their divergence, we argue that they operate according to differing assumptions pertaining to the sources, objects, and scope of harm. We then argue that these differences reveal the discipline's need to better appreciate that harm is a social construct, that psychotherapy may be inherently ethnocentric, and that strategies for collecting evidence of harm should be integrated with a social justice agenda.
Trust is just one of the themes running through emergency management diversity and inclusion and resilience policies in Australia and New Zealand. However, are diverse communities often seen as ...problems rather than as trusted partners with agency to design their own outcomes?
Trust is just one of the themes running through emergency management diversity and inclusion and resilience policies in Australia and New Zealand. However, are diverse communities often seen as ...problems rather than as trusted partners with agency to design their own outcomes?
The project, 'Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability'1 (2017-2021) has provided an evidence-based framework and new insights to support practitioners effectively manage and measure ...diversity and inclusion.
Trust is just one of the themes running through emergency management diversity and inclusion and resilience policies in Australia and New Zealand. However, are diverse communities often seen as ...problems rather than as trusted partners with agency to design their own outcomes?
The project, 'Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability'1 (2017-2021) has provided an evidence-based framework and new insights to support practitioners effectively manage and measure ...diversity and inclusion.
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