Following criticism of multiculturalism there has been new interest in everyday sites of interaction between ethnically and
racially diverse groups. To what extent do you think such encounters can unsettle the perceptions different groups have of
each other and help build a society more ‘at ease’ with difference? To what extent do policies of distribution and
recognition continue to play in relation to such encounters?
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