But many now believe that multiculturalism has led instead to what Amartya Sen, an economist, calls "plural monoculturalism" -groups that live side by side but do not touch.

但是现在很多人相信多元文化主义反而导致了“多元单一文化主义”的产生。这种说法是由经济学家阿玛蒂亚非森提出的，它的意思是许多群体毗邻而居，却老死不相往来。

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My wife, already embittered by the vet bills, said she could live with Carol being out of touch with her donkeyness.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Dog Days'