The Attack on 'Political Correctness'

: Islamophobia and the Erosion of Multiculturalism in Australia Under the Howard Regime. Poynting, Scott. (2008). Social Alternative, 27 (1), 5-9.

Poynting examines the erosion of multiculturalism since 1996 with the rise of State-sponsored Islamophobia in Australia. He notes that multiculturalism was a policy that has been developed since the early 1970s in response to the failure of the existing assimilation policy then and increasing inequality among immigrants. It was a fruition of 'New Social Movements' that called attention to recognition, access and equity.

The debate of PC in the United State undermined the multiculturalism in Australia, Poynting asserts. What's more, he sharply points out liberal leader John Howard seamlessly melded in his 2001 election campaign the 'othering' of Middle-Eastern asylum seekers and the Muslim 'enemy within'.