Multiculturalism or monoculturalism can work and can fail. Japan had closed borders for thousands of years and warred with themselves. China, Tiananmen Square, people from a same culture disagreed with their government and were slaughtered. Everything has the potential to fail, so why bother with any of it.
US's recent behavior proves that multiculturalism does not work? I look at the big picture. As time marches on, from its's birth, the US has become more integrated and has pushed for greater equality for all of it's citizens. It is not perfect, but we have devoted citizens dedicated to see a change in that direction. As for Liberal and Conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, to me this has more to do with politics. They represent more the wants of the people, rather than their cultural beliefs. Both sides currently have people from every culture. But when they came to be, they both were filled with white men and they still fought with each other.
The US wasn't built to be multicultural. They slaughtered the natives, blacks were property, Chinese were a cheap labor force to build their railroads, white women were second class citizens. But as time moved forward, each of those wounds have been tended to through the blood and sacrifice of those that would see us be great.
As for Mike Brown; this current situation does not prove that a multicultural society fails, it just shows that some wounds have yet to heal in the US and that we still have lingering issues that need to be resolved.
The USA is one of the youngest countries in the world and it's multiculturalism is even younger still. Regardless of that, they have still managed to become the most powerful country in the world. That doesn't seem like a receipt for failure to me.
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