Research on Multiculturalism Citizenship and Civic Education

Abstract

Multiculturalist citizenship is a differential citizenship based on the claim of multiculturalism and a critique of the universality of liberal citizenship. It takes ethnic differences as the base, emphasizes the special rights of minority groups and cultural identity of ethnic groups, and cultivates the multicultural identity of citizens. Multiculturalism emphasizes the difference and multicultural identity of citizens, but does not exclude the unity of citizens and national citizenship. Therefore, multiculturalism citizenship education needs to deal with the relationship between equality and difference, and between ethnic identity and national identity. Only in this way can we maintain both the diversity of ethnic groups and the unity of national identity.