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The melting pot is no more. Where not very long ago we sought assimilation, we now pursue multiculturalism Nowhere has this transformation been more evident than in the public schools, where a traditional Eurocentric curriculum has yielded to diversity--and, often, to confrontation and confusion. In a book that brings clarity and reason to this highly charged issue, Nathan Glazer explores these sweeping changes. He offers an incisive account of why we all--advocates and skeptics alike--have become multiculturalists, and what this means for national unity, civil society, and the education of our youth.

Focusing particularly on the impact in public schools, Glazer dissects the four issues uppermost in the minds of people on both sides of the multicultural fence: Whose "truth" do we recognize in the curriculum? Will an emphasis on ethnic roots undermine or strengthen our national unity in the face of international disorder? Will attention to social injustice, past and present, increase or decrease civil disharmony and strife? Does a multicultural curriculum enhance learning, by engaging students' interest and by raising students' self-esteem, or does it teach irrelevance at best and fantasy at worst?

Glazer argues cogently that multiculturalism arose from the failure of mainstream society to assimilate African Americans; anger and frustration at their continuing separation gave black Americans the impetus for rejecting traditions that excluded them. But, willingly or not, "we are all multiculturalists now," Glazer asserts, and his book gives us the clearest picture yet of what there is to know, to fear, and to ask of ourselves in this new identity.

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In Racism and Cultural Studies E. San Juan Jr. offers a historical-materialist critique of practices in multiculturalism and cultural studies. Rejecting contemporary theories of inclusion as affirmations of the capitalist status quo, San Juan envisions a future of politically equal and economically empowered citizens through the democratization of power and the socialization of property. Calling U.S. nationalism the new “opium of the masses,” he argues that U.S. nationalism is where racist ideas and practices are formed, refined, and reproduced as common sense and consensus.
Individual chapters engage the themes of ethnicity versus racism, gender inequality, sexuality, and the politics of identity configured with the discourse of postcoloniality and postmodernism. Questions of institutional racism, social justice, democratization, and international power relations between the center and the periphery are explored and analyzed. San Juan fashions a critique of dominant disciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences and contends that “the racism question” functions as a catalyst and point of departure for cultural critiques based on a radical democratic vision. He also asks urgent questions regarding globalization and the future of socialist transformation of “third world” peoples and others who face oppression.
As one of the most notable cultural theorists in the United States today, San Juan presents a provocative challenge to the academy and other disciplinary institutions. His intervention will surely compel the attention of all engaged in intellectual exchanges where race/ethnicity serves as an urgent focus of concern.

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This digital document is an article from Social Justice, published by Crime and Social Justice Associates on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 6920 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Multiculturalist Problematic in the Age of Globalized Capitalism.
Author: E. San Juan
Publication:Social Justice (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: Crime and Social Justice Associates
Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Page: 61

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Contemporary Asia, published by Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 496 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Racism and Cultural Studies: Critiques of Multiculturalist Ideology and the Politics of Difference.(Book Review)
Author: Joel Wendland
Publication:Journal of Contemporary Asia (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2003
Publisher: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers
Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Page: 427(2)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Australian Studies, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 3111 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wog Drama and `White Multiculturalists': The Role of Non Anglo-Australian Film and Television Drama in Shaping a National Identity.
Author: Pieter Aquilia
Publication:Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Page: 104

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This digital document is an article from Independent Review, published by Independent Institute on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 4321 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Black teachers for black studies? A philosophical critique of multiculturalist pedagogy.(Reflections)
Author: Max Hocutt
Publication:Independent Review (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: Independent Institute
Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Page: 127(9)

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