i think if you're not understanding integration or assimilation as giving up everything about your home culture, we have to pretend that these differences don't exist. If you 're understanding it as a loving your new country, having lots of friends who come from different groups, speaking the language and also continuing to have some pride in a country you might be from. And our task now is to build on that progress, building a vision of diverser societies. It's very optimistic thoughts, especially in the world wherwe talk about poalization."
During an era of identity politics, culture wars and increasing awareness of the structural biases that contribute to global inequality, it’s easy to become pessimistic about the possibility of making diverse democracies work. Yascha Mounk is a writer and political scientist whose recent book, The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, offers analysis of how our fractured societies can acknowledge the injustices of the past, while moving forward towards conciliation and cooperation. Hosting the discussion is BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah.
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