Analysis Of Multiculturalism: Battleground Or Meeting Ground

In the article, “Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground,” Takaki starts out addressing the difference in philosophy between him and Woodward when it comes to cultural diversity. Woodward strongly disagrees with Takaki when it comes to the topic of cultural diversity. They both are seeing issue threw two difference lens. Woodward attacked Takaki on the issue when Woodward reviewed Takaki’s “Iron Cages: Rave and Culture in Nineteeth-Century America” book in the “New York Review of Books,” saying it was too narrow in focus (Takaki, n.d). Woodward rebuttal was that the book did not contain any balance, and should have touched on “national issues” to have that balance and not just the American south. Woodward even said that Takaki was

Takaki noted the Presidential election of Bill Clinton first speech recognized America’s ethnic and cultural diversity as a source of strength in America. Takaki also addressed the student and minority rim found it problematic to diversify the curriculum, while conservatives try to recapture the campus. Takaki address cultural diversity through education. Takaki also explained Allen Bloom the writer of “The Closing of American Mind,” argued “the entering students are ‘uncivilized’ and the faculty has the responsibility to civilize them. Another important statement made by Takaki is students of different cultures have different ways of processing information, and one failure in race relations is the black students have proven to be indigestible. The article itself is an example of cultural diversity is many ways starting with the English language and the cultural of the author himself, which must be taken in consideration for the effects of any

Takaki wrote a great article on culture diversity. It is always going to be different outlooks on an issue like this; for most part I agree with Takaki in terms of doing his own research on American history and not conforming to just the history and ideology that was taught to him. Woodward was being dismissive of Takaki’s opinions and beliefs because of the fact that they were not in line with his. Woodward is stuck in time when it comes to looking at the things and does not want to evolve and think outside the box as far as American history and cultural