At first glance the term "cultural pluralism" and
"multiculturalism" would seem to be synonymous.
As the two concepts are promoted widely in academia.

However, they are often quite different.

Cultural pluralism is the older term. It has a more
traditional connotation in that it suggests an
acceptance of many cultures, democratically coexisting.
It also conjures up the notion of the "melting pot",
and in the Australian context, assimilation and integration
under the umbrella of a common national identity.

In contrast, multiculturalism accentuates ethnic and
racial differences and thus includes the doctrine of
separatism and non-assimilation. The melting pot is
replaced by the "salad bowl" in which varied cultural
ingredients retain their unique identities.

Ethnic and racial groups play up their distinctive
cultural habits and deliberately avoid integration.

Cultural pluralism is seen by its proponents as an
"organising principle of society" that "differences among
national groups are a national resource" and that the
"common culture" has been formed by the interaction of its
subsidiary culture. In essence a braoder interpretation of
the common culture is sought.

Foxy,

Sorry, but you appear to be incorrect.

I like the succinct definition of multiculturalism as the one I gave and it is actually taken from The Collins Dictionary of Sociology (Harper Collins Publ., 1995) which I keep a copy of in my home library.

The description in it goes into more depth and unless my skills in sociology have abandoned me the full definition in it is opposite to what you are proposing.

Have a look for yourself and see if I'm right or wrong.

Get back to me if you disagree with my comprehension of the definition in Collins.

Fox said-

"In contrast, multiculturalism accentuates ethnic and
racial differences and thus includes the doctrine of
separatism and non-assimilation. The melting pot is
replaced by the "salad bowl" in which varied cultural
ingredients retain their unique identities."

Answer-

Foxy's view is interesting in that she doesn't subscribe to the "Melting Pot" idea. To her credit it does go against the idea of Communist Cultural Nihilism. But she does still seem to validate the idea that "old ideas are bad" rather than just competing theories/ philosophies. Some theories in science make a come back sometimes in synergy with the competition. Communism doesn't want people to think because it conflicts with their agenda- and they discredit other ideas as old, etc.

It's interesting that three European leaders have made statements to the effect that multiculturalism doesn't work. So maybe the "multicultural salad bowl" has like "the melting pot" become a failed experiment that only benefits the free trade business community. Of course the Communist Cultural Nihilist Hegemon's have a vested interest in destroying society.

Cultures have rules and principles and philosophies and have traditionally been created from the ground up- cultural liberalism tries to create culture from the top down.

These are interesting...

http://spectator.org/multiculturalism-has-failed/

Now the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has joined the chorus. The other day he said, “My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure.” The “it” was multiculturalism... In pronouncing multiculturalism defunct, the French president joins.. Angela Merkel, ..John Howard, Spain’s ex-premier Jose Maria Aznar, ...David Cameron. The question is, what will replace it?

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/06/nihilism_nietzsche_and_our_cultural_crisis.html

"A noble soul is a person who has courage but seeks no recognition, who strives for excellence, who has a self-sufficiency of being, a sense of dignity, and a serene self-assurance that impresses itself on others.

But Nietzsche also observed that artists were easily seduced by the attractions of catering to the superficial conceits of the idle and the rich. For the idle, such artists create popular art with all its temptations to perpetual mediocrity; for the rich, they create pretentious pseudo-intellectual nonsense that panders to vanity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_multiculturalism