John Howard on Multiculturalism By James Reed

John Howard, while being seen as a soft critic of multiculturalism, and who once was in a debate that the level of Asian immigration to Australia was too high, began the mass intake of Asian elites: The Howard Legacy: Displacement of Traditional Australia from the Professional and Managerial Classes by Peter Wilkinson. Now he is saying in the wake of the Middle East situation, and mass protests in the West, that UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman's assertion that multiculturalism has “failed” in the Western world, may be correct. He believes that migrants need to integrate to the existing culture.

That is the old line that led to such vast numbers of diverse people coming, that multiculturalism was adopted as people were not assimilating as such. And, after a certain point, one which America has reached, there is no more base culture to be mixed in with. Assimilation is only possible when there is something left to be assimilated with, and that has passed thanks to mass immigration. 

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“John Howard has voiced his doubts about multiculturalism and believes migrants should 'absorb the mainstream culture' of the country they settle in.

The former Liberal Party Prime Minister expressed his views on the hot-button topic of immigration during an appearance on the UK TV news station, GB News. 

He was interviewed by host Camilla Tominey, who asked Mr Howard on her show if he agreed with the UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman's assertion that multiculturalism has 'failed' in the Western world. 

'I have my doubts about multiculturalism,' Mr Howard said.

'I believe that when you migrate to another country you should, as far as reasonably, be expected to absorb the mainstream culture of that country.'

'Sure, retain your affection for Greece or Italy or wherever you've come from.' 

Mr Howard then reflected on how Australia had been 'very successful' when it came to immigration.

He recalled meeting people who had immigrated from European countries in the past and, more recently, from places such as China and India.

'It (immigration to Australia) largely works well I think because people are attracted to the foundation (and) mainstream culture of Australia, which is open and tolerate, but also proud of what our country has achieved,' he said.

'I think if we put more emphasis on what our nation has achieved, in what the Western world has achieved, and less apologetic, and less inclined to say, 'We're all to blame', the better we would be.'

Tominey brought up the topic of multiculturalism after speaking about the pro-Palestine demonstrations in the UK and Australia.”