Multiculturalism And 'American' Religion: The Case Of Hindu Indian Americans

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Multiculturalism is looked upon as a problem because certain people cannot bypass their own beliefs and take other people's beliefs into consideration. And because they think this way they loathe other people's perspective other than their own, and in this case, they treat other cultures that are not their own differently. In the article "Multiculturalism and 'American' Religion: The Case of Hindu Indian Americans." by Prema Kurien. Kurien examples how Hindus are treated differently because people are refusing to adhere to a belief other than their own. And because of this, the Hindu Americans within the country are treated unfairly. In one circumstance Kurien discussed a particular situation where Hindus wanted to build a temple, but