3/3/09

Is multicultural education as important for members of the dominant group as it is for minority and underprivileged groups?

Multicultural education is important for everyone! In order for multicultural education to be effective it must be MULTI. I think that everyone needs to step outside their comfort zone and come to understand they way other people live and why its important to them. The more we learn about each other the more accomodating we can be. This is very important for teachers, especially when they are dealing with diversified students. We will all encounter future students whose backgrounds differ from our own. As teachers we need to validate our student's individuality and that includes their culture, ethnicity, gender, and race. The dominate culture must come to understand the microcultures of this country in order to relieve some of the oppression they cause to them.