In my view it sort of is. Racism is a term that 'scares' people and is not politically correct. Whereas multiculturalism does not sound threatening or offensive. We will never be a fully integrated society as we always form our own cliques. People who are against multiculturalism could be deemed racist because they are saying they do not want foreigners in their country. There is not really such thing as an American for instance as America is made up of imigrants from every country in the world. I don't see how you can avoid not having a multicutural society are we all supposed to stay in our own countries and never leave them? If we did that then we would never be introduced to other countries culture and foods. Multiculturalism i think makes the world more interesting and diverse. Countries such as Holland are scared of been taken over by immigrants and losing their identity but i dont think this could ever happen. I agree there should be tighter laws on immigration but everyone is supposed to be equal arent they? Sophie Kuzyk