Irshad Manji and Multiculturalism

multiculturalism: Later, Manji, who is openly lesbian, took part in a question and answer session with , according to The Star. Too often, it is. The vast majority of the worlds known cultures are patriarchal, by which I mean the drives, desires and dreams of men outweigh those of women. Now pair this fact with the goal of our multiculturalism policy: to preserve the cultural traditions from which immigrants come. Which means that, more often than we care to admit, multiculturalism clashes with our countrys aspiration to gender equality. The time has come to replace multiculturalism with true diversity and Controversial Canadian author, professor and self described Muslim refusenik Irshad Manji discussed the impact of multiculturalism on women as part of the 2014 Bluma Lecture, held this week at the Toronto Public Library. The defining question of this years Bluma Lecture: Is multiculturalism bad for women? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.