n. The enjoyment of the attributes of several cultures other than one's own in a superficial and temporary way.
2002
Cultural conservatives have never really understood diversity, preferring to equate it with a superficial food-court multiculturalism and with the apparatus of coercion: affirmative action, political correctness and lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits.
2001 (earliest)
When multiculturalism means more than the (literal) wearing of different hats, or the assortment of fast food options available at the food court in a suburban mall, accommodating diversity becomes far more complicated. (5)…
(5) What I call the "food court multiculturalism" resembles Fish's
discussion of "boutique multiculturalism."
(5) What I call the "food court multiculturalism" resembles Fish's
discussion of "boutique multiculturalism."
Thanks to Patrick Kalaher for suggesting this phrase.