Ake - Yeah it's not easy quickly finding words to sum up values, ideas, and assumptions.. words that are not too glib or contentious...

By 'committed multiculturalist' I'd presume it to be a commonly shared agreed term that we are not petty minded xenophobic racist bigots...

I am first and foremost a cynical pragmatist, so accept that 'multiculturalism' is not without problems...

Personally I would strive to co-exist with neighbours from diverse cultural backgrounds,
but still be willing to voice disagreement with some of their specific cultural ritualist practices...

A prime example being genital mutilation for both girls and boys...

Ideally, we try to seek the best in people, even those generally despised by a majority in a community...

But I'm only human, and can't help harbouring transgressive fantasies of vigilante justice for 'types' I'd prefer not to tolerate..

ie.. local drug dealers, bonehead street thugs, and extreme right wing activists and agitators...