Cultural and ethnic diversity in the US has been significantly increasing in the past few decades. This growth is greatly reflected in schools in the US where children come from very diverse backgrounds. With the country's expanding relationships with other nations across the world, the need for children to view themselves as members of a multicultural, global community is heightened. Alexander and Sanez detail the incorporation of multicultural literature in classrooms, which will broaden children's perspectives and enhance their understanding of diversity in a pluralistic society.
Europe's leaders seemingly have awakened from a long slumber to discover that state-sponsored multiculturalism threatens the fabric of their societies. Their somber conclusions should cause reflection by Americans about the potential threats to national identity here and how educational institutions could play a constructive role in preserving our shared values. Many well-meaning people still think that multiculturalism is synonymous with pluralism, or a healthy respect for diverse cultures and languages. Unfortunately, multiculturalism is too often used as a derisive ideology seeking to replace Western values and institutions and to transform society on terms dictated by immigrant cultures and belief systems. Much of liberal academe encourages or even actively promotes that brand of mu...
Among their other headaches, some of Europe's biggest leaders are troubled by the lukewarm state of their countries' melting pots. As in the United States, a combination of economic recession, terrorism fears and electoral politics have made scapegoats out of immigrants and government multiculturalism policies. Unlike the United States, they don't have a melting-pot tradition. Instead they've tried a brand of multiculturalism that's getting bad reviews.
Arat-Koc explores the ways in which Canadian identity has been reconfigured in the post-9/11 period. She focuses on the violent political reaction to a speech Sunera Thobani made in Oct 2001 reflects on notions of Canadian national identity and belonging in the post-9/11 period.
One of liberalism's many problems is that once an idea or program is proved wrong and unworkable, liberals rarely acknowledge their mistake and examine the root cause of their error so they don't repeat it. Take multiculturalism please!
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