The first birthday of my Blog – multiculturalism and the U.S.

Today is the first birthday of my Blog. A year ago I was deeply sad due to the fact that I have not been able to return to San Francisco. After a while, I realized that my sadness would not help me return to San Francisco and the idea of writing a Blog on San Francisco came up to mind. Over the past year I have been thinking about multiculturalism. This was mainly due to the diversity I experienced in San Francisco. As a result I became interested in multiculturalism as soon as I heard the word.

At first I only considered the positive aspects of Multiculturalism. Now I have begun looking at its negative aspects. I would definitely prefer a colorful life much more than a life amongst only Japanese, only British or only French.

I would be happy within this colorful environment as long as nobody suggests that I share anti-western views or forces a certain conservative culture upon me.  I think the reason I was happy in San Francisco is that the city has a diverse population but most of them seem to favor a western life style and American freedoms even though they are able to retain their cultural uniqueness.

On the other hand, I suppose that American integration of peoples could go wrong.  The U.S. has diversity amongst its people. However, many of them do not know that in other advanced countries there is a national insurance and inexpensive or free education as well as secular political system. American people are often disinterested in traveling outside the U.S. because many of them believe that the entire world is to be found in the U.S.  My concern is whether these people from all over the world bring good knowledge and information along with them.

After all my thought about multiculturalism, I have decided to learn French.  French is spoken in France where freedom and equality originated.  It is also one of official languages in Canada where I am thinking of moving to if it is possible.