What is the difference between a mixed culture and a consortium?

Answer 1

The main difference between a "mixed culture" and "a consortium" is shared beliefs and working toward a stated, common goal.

We have many countries with mixed cultures, but the groups may think and live as separately as if they still lived in their countries of birth. Or, within a country, different sections may give rise to different cultural lives and beliefs. For example, in the USA South, children are raised to say"Ma'm when speaking to any older female. But, in the USA North, *most* children are raised to be polite but not specifically to use "Ma'm" in speaking.

A "consortium" arises when similar or dissimilar persons or groups come together for a common goal, usually with a stated mission to achieve. In that sense, any group that forms could call itself "a consortium". For example, "The Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE)" is a consortium of teachers and educators who come together under the umbrella of the group "to support literacy and math achievement growth for all students".

As other fictitious examples--

--A group of students could start a "Consortium to Improve Teen Recreation and After-School Activities".

-- Citizens of a metro area could start a "Consortium for Strengthening Community Service."

--- A group of physicians could start a "Consortium to Improve Health"

-- A group could launch a "Consortium to Lower Health Care Costs".

-- Another group decided to focus on a health concern, "The Consortium to Eliminate Breast cancer."

Within each "consortium", members could be of any race, any religion, any ethnic background, any culture, any country of birth, etc.