Ideas about the legal and political accommodation of ethnic diversity have been in a state of flux for the past 40 years around the world. One hears much about the “rise and fall of multiculturalism.” Indeed, this has become a kind of master narrative, widely invoked by scholars, journalists, and policymakers alike to explain the evolution of contemporary debates about diversity. Although people disagree about what comes after multiculturalism, there is a surprising consensus that we are in a post-multicultural era.