AO1 Multiculturalists support the protection of minority cultures as culture is critical to human nature. AO2 Multiculturalism aims to protect minority cultures as the identity of humans is bound up in their cultures as the individual does not exist before or outside of society. [IJ] We can conclude that there is agreement over their support for the protection of minority cultures due the importance of culture to identity. AO1 Most multiculturalists support a politics of recognition to protect minority cultures. AO2 Much of multiculturalism is an agreement in its support of the politics of recognition (Taylor) and acknowledging the importance of cultural belonging in order to counter marginalisation and promote integration into the wider political community. [IJ] We can conclude that there is agreement over their support for the protection of minority cultures due to promote integration. AO1 Multiculturalism strongly rejects assimilation and support the protection of minority cultures. AO2 Multiculturalists oppose the assimilation as it ignores the importance of culture and identity, leading to alienation, inequality and injustice that undermine the unity of society and so support the protection of minority cultures. [IJ] We can conclude that there is agreement over their support for the protection of minority cultures to prevent alienation, inequality and injustice.

AO1 There is disagreement between cosmopolitan multiculturalists and the rest of multiculturalism about the reasons for protecting minority cultures. AO2 Cosmopolitan multiculturalists support cosmopolitan integration that dissolves cultural groups to create global citizens and that culture is a matter of choice whilst other multiculturalists support the importance of diversity, culture and identity and humans are culturally embedded (Parekh). [IJ] We can conclude that there is clear disagreement within multiculturalism between cosmopolitan multiculturalism and liberal and pluralist multiculturalism over the reasons for protecting minority cultures. AO1 There is no agreement over how far the support for minority cultures should extend. AO2 Multiculturalists disagree over the extent of support for minority cultures they are willing to support in society. Liberal multiculturalists support shallow diversity (Kymlicka) whilst pluralist multiculturalists support deep diversity (Parekh). [IJ] We can conclude there is disagreement within multiculturalism over the extent of their support for the protection of minority cultures. AO1 Disagreements over how the protection of minority cultures fits within a liberal framework. AO2 While liberal multiculturalists justify multiculturalism as it supports autonomy and justice within a liberal framework (Kymlicka), pluralist multiculturalism opposes liberal universalism (Parekh). [IJ] We can conclude there is disagreement within multiculturalism over how the protection of minority cultures fits within a liberal framework.