"Υοu are in the society": Interculturalism as an instrument of progress

The concept of interculturalism is discussed as a vehicle of social progress, in contrast to that of multiculturalism. It is not only the coexistence with a culture that is put forward, but also contact and participation in its practices.

X.D.: The state had made some CΟFI institutions, as they called them, and we were going there to take French lessons.
RES.: So did you go there?
X.D.: Yes, we did...
RES.: You...
X.D.: And we hung out, together with the… older people.
RES.: Did the state pay for this?
X.D. Yes, [...] It did not get any money from me. But we had to learn. We had to learn, whether we wanted to or not. That is, if you want to go οn with your life, you have to... to learn.
RES.: Yes, yes, yes.
X.D.: Because they say… they say… many people say… uhh... multicu... multiculturalism. I do not believe in it. I believe in intercultural. So, if you do not get inside, what kind of culture is this? Multicu... yeah... multiculturalism is like mille…, uh, millefeuille. Οne leaf on top of the other. So, yes... that’s it. When you are inside, you participate in the whole. That's what I believe most. And so I learned the language and I had no difficulty here with the Canadian society.