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Eurozine has a series of articles that examine the notion of multiculturalism, what it means today, what the problems are and how to find a way to be respectful of differences but at the same time work towards a more progressive and just way of building a society. The whole dossier looks at the problems from a British perspective, but just from reading the introductory text by Ted Cantle I can see parallels to the situation in Germany.
The texts include:

Ted Cantle
Parallel lives
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Candace Allen, Ted Cantle, Dreda Say Mitchell
Multiculturalism: A failed experiment?
Moris Farhi
All history is the history of migration
Ekow Eshun
Identities and the subversion of borders
Irena Maryniak, Salil Tripathi
Cities of migration

The Language of Resistance is an attempt to tackle the dissonance within European Feminist discourses through semi-public and public events. The Language of Resistance is part of the Prologue: New Feminism, New Europe conference and exhibition series. After conferences in Graz, Austria, and an exhibition and symposium in Manchester, UK, the Berlin seminar builds on previous discussions and arguments to unfold the larger issues confronting feminists across Europe. Multiculturalism, privilege, precarity, migration, race, gender and other terms are applied across a broad spectrum of practices – often at the expense of communication meant to foster cooperation and critical understanding. Earlier Prologue events showed the potential for multidisciplinary cooperations that address feminist histories and goals, but also exposed ruptures within the language and understanding of specific issues and terminology.

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