Negative Effects Of Multicultural Education

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For years, there has been a debate among the educational and social realms: Is multicultural education harmful or helpful to us Americans and everything that make us "One America" as a whole? There is a saying that goes "A whole is greater than the sum of its parts". I am a firm believer that we, as Americans, should be united as one, not divided as many. When it comes to our education, no matter how many different types of education, they should be able be to relate or become as one. However, with all positive consequence, there is a negative consequence. In this essay, multicultural education will be reexamined and reviewed, through the views of two articles: Multicultural Education and the Curriculum Transformation by James A. Banks …show more content…

On the other hand, African American scholars, as well as academics from other American minority groups argue that multicultural education is vital to the advancement of society as it supports newer and more different approaches to education. It also helps to shed light on previously ignored issues and it provides a whole new insight into what it means to be American. Multicultural education is a school reform movement that which peaked through and after the notorious civil rights movement of the 1960's and 1970's. A process that is considered never-ending, this level of education aimed to create more diverse teaching methods that could accommodate and aid students of all races and ethnicities, making it easier to soak in knowledge. The major goal, however, of multicultural education is to create "American Creed values"-bringing forth equality, justice, and freedom throughout schools nationwide and society as a whole. This type of education has arrived to challenge the oppression and suppression along with other facades of bias in order to bring forth the many diverse ethnic identities of students in ways that would provide a more creative, smooth, and well-rounded learning experience for all students. Multicultural education may have its critics, but it surely does have been endorsed by many. The biggest endorser would of course be Mr. James A. …show more content…

It was also believed that academic achievements could be increased for students of color and of low-income by teaching newer and more diverse strategies that assist to their strengths in learning. In the first paragraph, I mentioned that a whole is greater than some of its parts. In this special case, multicultural education requires that in order to effectively reform schools, the "whole" entire system must be reconstructed, not just "some of its parts". It’s important seeing as that race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity are such a sensitive matter

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