by Tim Soutphommasane
The trouble is the word multiculturalism can mean different things to different people. Perhaps ironically, supporters of multiculturalism have been as much to blame as its critics for any ambiguity. Rather than defending multicultural policy in muscular liberal terms, they chose flaccid cosmopolitanism; diversity became celebrated for its own sake and not as part of the contract of citizenship. This is one of the contradictions of Australian multiculturalism. For all its liberal, nation-building genius, it is misunderstood, including by many who see themselves as its champions.
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