When it comes to "diversity", language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences.
assimilation
distinction
uniformity
variance
The situation got "out of hand" when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.
hard to complete
difficult to control
impossible to find
unlikely to happen
A number of practices at local festivals have "come under strong scrutiny" in recent years.
approval
attention
disapproval
examination
Local people believe that the festival is an opportunity to teach younger generations about "patriotism" and bravery.
heroism
justice
loyalty
truth
A smiling Princess Anne was "attired" in an aqua-blue hat and matching jacket, with white top.
caught
grabbed
revealed
shown
This is especially important in the age of globalisation, where countries face a "daunting" challenge to preserve their own cultural identities.
intimidating
delighting
encouraging
urging
The Indigenous experience, like with any form of belonging, is highly fluid and context-specific, meaning there are "countless" examples of what such cultural pluralities can look like.
countable
uncountable
too few to count
too many be counted
Steve Kootenay-Jobin, Aboriginal housing coordinator at Mount Royal University, notes that many Indigenous students who move to the city for education, "encounter" culture shock.
avoid
confront
overcome
wipe out
Culture has been described as features that are shared and "bind" people together into a community.
divide
engage
force
unite
Once you have been accepted as a pupil or student at the school or college, it's against the law for them to "discriminate against" you because of your religion or belief.
judge
neglect
misinterpret
expel
Changes in attitudes, family values, generational status can occur in both the majority and minority cultures as the two interact; however, "typically" one culture dominates.
normally
rarely
specially
uncommonly
Integration and assimilation can help reduce feelings of "loss and grief" as the migrant starts to incorporate aspects of the majority culture.