I thought it was an invention of the 60's academics - all the funding, all the progressive ideas. All of a sudden young children got assaulted by those bright colours instead of the softer hues, and that was supposed to be good for them!?!
so I went looking. Stuart Hall, (British I assume, Jamaican by race) is credited with starting it. so yes the 60's but coming from Marxist background - he was a contributor to their newspaper. (he also coined the phrase Thatcherism.)
So, according to this article I just read, he was asking for ways to be developed for the different races to get on better in Britain.
I have always found multiculturalism hard to take - my eyes don't deceive me that person does have a different colour skin, I don't need to be told they're still a real person.
I've been shocked at how nasty people can be about different races, and I think it is that element that is commonly understood to be racist. But I'm not going to pretend I don't make use of generalisations that are based on race just the same.
And tho I know all the elements of fame funding and fury must have been at play, tho multiculturalism was ill-conceived and bound to fail, I can't help but be touched that they tried to address a real problem, and ease the difficulties faced in particular in Britain with all the influx from a widespread colony.
