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as the missionaries converted Asians to Christianity and changed how
they thought, dressed and acted, so too Western multiculturalism
consists of people of all cultures following Western intellectual
and political models. It does not recognize the validity of other
cultural or spiritual models, but merely promotes Western commercial
and intellectual civilization for everyone. Its multiculturalism is
but a mask for all cultures becoming Westernized, with people all
over the world dressed in blue jeans, drinking coca cola, and
indulging their senses, as if this was somehow elevating to
everyone. If it promotes culture in a deeper sense it is having
people all over the world pursuing Western art and intellectual
culture, listening to symphonies, or reading Shakespeare to the
neglect of their own traditions. Western intellectuals have become
the leaders and prophets of multiculturalism, which strangely
excludes the great thinkers of non-Western cultures, whether of
ancient or modern times.
This new multiculturalism continues a
materialistic definition of humanity and one dominated by modern
European values and perceptions. It has also become part of the
latest leftist agenda, which continues Marxist ideas under so-called
progressive social agendas of human rights. As a form of global
Westernism, the new multiculturalism has begun to dissect and
dismember what remains of non-Western traditions. It sees in Eastern
religions little but caste exploitation, oppression of women,
backward customs, and religious intolerance. It analyzes Eastern
religious leaders according to the tenets of Western psychology and
finds them to be unbalanced or sexually disturbed personalities. |
