In principle, welfare is good and those who choose to not be employed, of whatever colour and for whatever reason(s), should benefit from this option.
Yuyutsu,
I can't remember you telling which Planet you're from ! Generally, here on Earth, people work for a living for themselves & their taxes are then chosen to be distributed for the benefit of the needy. It doesn't really go to plan much but to work to support those who choose not to work is literally unearthly !

I remember former British Prime Minister David Cameron
and German Chancellor Angela Merkel both having said
that multiculturalism had failed. And that surprised me
because I was convinced that it was successful here in
Australia.

But then Mr Cameron went on to explain why it had failed.

"Under the doctrine of state multiculturalism we've
encouraged different cultures to live separate lives,
apart from each other and apart from the mainstream".

Mr Cameron added, "We failed to provide a vision of society
to which they want to belong. We've even tolerated these
segregated communities behaving in ways that run completely
counter to our values".

In Australia we've done things differently. Most of those
who've settled here respect Australian laws and its
traditions and they've come to understand the culture.
Of course there are some who don't and there are many
reasons for that. We've got to work harder at it.

Policy makers here have always been concerned to ensure that
ethnic enclaves were not created in the manner that they have
in Britain and Germany. In Australia migrants on the whole
take less time to feel at home than those who migrate to
European countries.

In this country we've tried to be more inclusive. We try not
to impose labels on certain communities because this
encourages people into identifying as something other than
Australian and take on past ethnic conflicts.

We realise that the more we tag people as outsiders the more
they will be forced to galvanise that as an ethnicity.

We also realise that united communities can make large
contributions to the growth of the nation. And as we've
seen our nation has grown from a cultural backwater into
the great nation that it is today.

cont'd ...

Of course there are immigrants who abuse our system
just as there are people born here who abuse our system.
The truth is that the majority of today's immigrants
bring with them an infusion of the same values that our
ancestors personified. They are people who are willing
to work hard for long hours to make a better life for
themselves and their families.

Our children do not stand to be corrupted by their values,
so much as their children stand to be corrupted by ours.
The scapegoating of today's immigrants makes a mockery of
what we stand for.

It is a national immorality when we collectively say no to
compassion.

Josephus,

America has never had a multicultural policy.

And Oh Boy! I can see by what you write that you definitely ain't no sociologist!

Foxy,

Why do you think Australia established multiculturalism?

Surely you don't think it's because everyone thinks of themselves as an anthropologist.

What are the political and economic bases for multiculturalism in Australia? (Apart from wanting to hold hands and sing Kumbaya to each other.)

Yuyutsu wrote:

"Multiculturalism" is simply the recognition that culture is not the state's business and individuals ought to be free to live in their own way (so long as they do not hurt others that live differently).

I agree with the above.

Yuyutsu also wrote:

“It is human to fear, then seek shelter and the illusion of safety in numbers. Human - but not wise. The only real and reliable shelter is in the One, in God, not in the many!”

Belief in God is a matter of personal opinion and part of a person’s culture. It is also not the state’s business. Taxpayer money should not be allotted to schools which further that opinion.