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	The Ayn Rand Institute: Culture and Multiculturalism
		Multiculturalism is a growing force in America’s universities and public life.
		In brief, multiculturalism is the view that all cultures, from that of a spirits-worshiping tribe to that of an advanced industrial civilization, are equal in value.
		Multiculturalism seeks to obliterate the value of a free, industrialized civilization (which today exists in the West and elsewhere), by declaring that such a civilization is no better than primitive tribalism.
	multiculturalism.aynrand.org (0 words)

	Debbie O'Hara -- The Fraud of Multiculturalism
		Multiculturalism is a euphemism for the myth of diversity.
		Multiculture is causing horrendous dissension between the races, genders and among family members.
		Multiculturalism is a long chain of victimization and revenge that favors only certain sub-groups of people.
	www.newswithviews.com /Ohara/debbie20.htm (1938 words)

	MOST Programme - Multiculturalism: A Policy Response to Diversity
		Understandably, multiculturalism as one model of a democratic policy response to cultural and ethnic diversity is of interest to UNESCO, in so far as it corresponds to the ideal of a culture of peace, based on respect of diversity, as well as universally shared values and norms.
		In particular, the phrase multiculturalism was seen in the late 1960s and 1970s by the French-speaking population as an English majority tactic for reducing the " founding status " of the French to the same political significance as that of late immigrant settler populations, such as the Ukranian settlers.
		Although multiculturalism as a description of demographic diversity is a global phenomena, it has led to the existence of programmatic-political multiculturalism at the national or sub-national levels only in a few countries.
	www.unesco.org /most/sydpaper.htm (15932 words)

	Multiculturalism
		Multiculturalism is the ideological ocean that several theorists in the United States concerned with a wide range of issues may eventually have to cross, from immigration policy, conflict resolution, and international law; to archaeological research and educational policy.
		Multiculturalism gains particular significance in the United States, where even in spite of the multicultural dynamic embedded in certain principles of the American Constitution regarding equality and freedom of speech, in practice there were severe cases of arbitrary discrimination, racism, ethnocentrism, and nativism, all of which are opposed to multiculturalism.
		Multiculturalism may be diagnosed as a sign of the nation's health, since it may represent the recovery of its founding principles, and with it its hopefully unshakable sense of identity or purpose.
	webs.csu.edu /~amakedon/articles/mutliculturalism.html (5408 words)

	What is Multiculturalism handout
		Observers noted that teaching and administrative staffs in schools were also overwhelmingly white and/or male (whiteness being pervasive at the teaching level, maleness at the administrative level, reflecting the politics of gender and class as well as race in the educational system).
		Multiculturalism also is directly related to global shifts of power, population, and culture in the era of "postcolonialism," as nations around the world take independence in the wake of the decline of Western empires (whether European, Soviet, or American).
		Multiculturalism, then, insofar as it groups individuals into categories, may overlook the practical reality that no one lives in just one box.
	www.uwm.edu /~gjay/Multicult/Multiculturalism.html (1855 words)

	Multiculturalism, Catholicism, and American Civilization
		Purposefully, radical multicultural proponents often ignore the simple yet profound fact that it is only in the West, or in societies influenced by the West, that one can find the traditions of self criticism, self-reform, democracy, and freedom which allow for any kind of “debunking” analysis and upon which multiculturalism (theoretically, at least) rests.
		Radical multiculturalism also entails a great deal of intellectual dishonesty, politically correct thought,” and a professional breach of ethics in its unworthy politicization of the academy, the university, and of scholarship in general, themes that can be documented in a recent, important analysis by Dinesh D'Souza.
		Multicultural realism is, perhaps, consistent with the message of one of the documents of Vatican II, the “Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.” As the document states: “the Catholic Church rejects nothing which is true and holy in these religions.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/multiculturalism/mu0001.html (2629 words)

	Multiculturalism, Catholicism, and American Civilization
		Purposefully, radical multicultural proponents often ignore the simple yet profound fact that it is only in the West, or in societies influenced by the West, that one can find the traditions of self criticism, self-reform, democracy, and freedom which allow for any kind of “debunking” analysis and upon which multiculturalism (theoretically, at least) rests.
		Radical multiculturalism also entails a great deal of intellectual dishonesty, politically correct thought,” and a professional breach of ethics in its unworthy politicization of the academy, the university, and of scholarship in general, themes that can be documented in a recent, important analysis by Dinesh D'Souza.
		Multicultural realism is, perhaps, consistent with the message of one of the documents of Vatican II, the “Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.” As the document states: “the Catholic Church rejects nothing which is true and holy in these religions.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/multiculturalism/mu0001.html (2629 words)

	What is Multiculturalism? - Social Studies School Service
		Multiculturalism is a term which came into usage after the idea of a "melting pot" was criticized by minorities as both assimilationist and white-dominated.
		Multiculturalism may be seen as the modern expression of those political principles that allow for both majority rule, and respect for the rights of minorities.
		That is, rather than defining multiculturalism as against unity or simply for difference, it is crucial for educators to develop a unity-in-difference position in which new forms of democratic representation, participation, and citizenship provide a forum for creating unity without denying the particular, the multiple, and the specific.
	www.socialstudies.com /c/@.3LoXXbbb5oFQ/Pages/multiculturalism.html (4615 words)

	Education World ® - Books in Education: Multiculturalism . . .
		Many educators agree that a multicultural approach to education is essential to engage children of all cultures in learning and to prepare students for the diverse and global society that will be their adult world.
		Multiculturalism is now an always exciting, sometimes challenging, everyday fact of life," writes Bonnie O. Ericson of California State University in At Home with Multicultural Adolescent Literature.
		The Multicultural Pavilion and the Multicultural Publishing and Education Council are two other valuable resources for educators, as is the Multicultural Education Resource Guide by Cheryl Gorder (Blue Bird Publishing, 1995).
	www.education-world.com /a_books/books001.shtml (599 words)

	FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » Novak: The Rise of Unmeltable Ethnics, Part II
		Multiculturalism tends to divide the world into a privileged set of victims and their alleged oppressors, through the lens of a loose and vulgar Marxism.
		Multiculturalism pretends to be “nonjudgmental,” hiding behind the myth of moral equivalence, while it is in fact based upon harsh judgments about good and evil (and the oppressed and their oppressors).
		Multiculturalism is moved by the eros of Narcissus; the new ethnicity is driven by the eros of unrestricted understanding.
	www.firstthings.com /onthesquare/?p=454 (878 words)

	Multiculturalism In Canada
		The term multiculturalism first came to be used in the 1960's.
		Multiculturalism has a huge effect on Canada, and without it we probably wouldn't be here..
		And finally to restore peace in 1971(after Canada was independant), Canada became the first country in the world to adopt the multicultural policy.
	www.geocities.com /s_sonia415/index.html (220 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| So what exactly is multiculturalism?
		Multiculturalism is sometimes taken to mean that different cultural communities should live their own ways of life in a self-contained manner.
		Multiculturalism basically means that no culture is perfect or represents the best life and that it can therefore benefit from a critical dialogue with other cultures.
		Multiculturalism is not dead, in fact it has been reasserted by government policy in the form of 'valuing diversity'.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3600791.stm (785 words)

	Can Multiculturalism survive the rise of 'Free Speech'?
		Multiculturalism is a form of social pluralism, a recognition that we are all "the other".
		Multiculturalism is a political contract which cannot easily be breached.
		Ironically, tolerance is not encouraged by Multiculturalism, because Multiculturalists are opposed to free speech.
	www.angelfire.com /in/roachworld/Aus2.html (679 words)

	The Background of Multiculturalism \| The Brussels Journal
		Multiculturalism originated in the United States during the Civil Rights movement in the 60s, which triggered a complete re-thinking of American cultural identity in favor of repudiating the European aspects of its heritage to transform into a “universal” nation.
		Multiculturalism thus originally had its roots in a cultural identity crisis in the West, but it was quickly expropriated by groups with their own agendas.
		Multiculturalism says that no particular culture can be taken for granted or treated as authoritative, since there are lots of them and they all have to be treated the same.
	www.brusselsjournal.com /node/1659 (9385 words)

	About Canada - Multiculturalism in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This multicultural diversity is a result of centuries of immigration.
		They looked to the multiculturalism policy, not for support of cultural enrichment but rather for aid in the elimination of racial prejudice and discrimination.
		A multicultural policy that is sensitive to the needs of both long-time residents and the newly arrived will probably meet with the greatest success.
	www.mta.ca /faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multi (2629 words)

	The Ayn Rand Institute: Multiculturalism: The New Racism
		Multiculturalism holds that ethnic identity should be a central factor in educational and social policy decisions.
		Multiculturalism is a grave threat to this country.
		Multiculturalism is a threat to education: instead of encouraging students to question their assumptions and the assumptions of their parents and society, multiculturalism demands that students accept blindly what they're given.
	www.aynrand.org /site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7126 (223 words)

	Multiculturalism St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Multiculturalism is a catchall term that refers generally to a set of related cultural movements and trends which emphasize the diversity of U.S. culture and society.
		In higher education, multiculturalism began to assume definitive shape during the 1980s, as universities revised their programs, textbooks, and curricula to reflect a more inclusive view of American culture.
		Multiculturalism can be said to resonate from the cultural eruptions of the 1960s,; when civil rights,; Native American, "new ethnicity,;" and women's liberation movements in the United States shattered images of a coherent national identity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100842 (701 words)

	Canadian Multiculturalism2001 - Freedom, Diversity, Equality
		Multiculturalism creates regionalism and hate within the country, and makes it harder for Canada to be united on certian issues.
		Multiculturalism is a pattern of social life in which diversity and tolerance of multiple ethnic groups are accomdated,besides providing state support to visible minorities in matters of employment an social security."
		Multiculturalism is when people from different backrounds, cultures, and religions live together without judement, or hate.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Cyprus/8208/whatis.html (717 words)

	Multiculturalism
		Multiculturalism, or diversity as it is also known, is all the rage in our contemporary culture.
		God condemned the multiculturalism of Ahab when he allowed his wife to place the worship of Baal on a par with worship of Jahweh.
		Multiculturalism is the death of Christianity, which can only continue to exist in such a society in the catacombs as a persecuted and despised minority.
	www.amprpress.com /multiculturalism.htm (1800 words)

	Canadian Multiculturalism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Multiculturalism at the policy level is structured around the management of diversity through formal initiatives in the federal, provincial and municipal domains.
		Multiculturalism is thus seen as an attempt to dilute the French fact in Canada, weakening francophone status and threatening the dual partnership of English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians.
		It was replaced in 1990 by the Alberta Multiculturalism Act, of which the main objectives were to encourage respect for and promote an awareness of the multicultural heritage of Alberta and to foster an environment in which all Albertans could participate and contribute to the cultural, social, economic and political life of their province.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/library/PRBpubs/936-e.htm (6616 words)

	Kenan Malik's essay on multiculturalism and the left
		They promote the idea of multiculturalism and of group rights, argue that different people should be treated differently because of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural differences and worry that social progress is undermining cultural authenticity.
		At the heart of this multicultural strategy was a redefinition of racism built on the insights of identity politics.
		Multiculturalism did not create militant Islam, but it helped create a space for it within British Muslim communities that had not existed before.
	www.kenanmalik.com /essays/bradford_prospect.html (3310 words)

	Blue Corn Comics -- Multiculturalism Defined
		In the United States, multiculturalism is a social and political movement and position that holds differences between individuals and groups to be a potential source of strength and renewal rather than of strife.
		He defines multiculturalism as an "ideology that promotes the permanent coexistence of separate but equal cultures." This bogus definition and argument paint a monolithic national picture of divisiveness and difference created by, you guessed it, people of color and language minorities.
		Multicultural education, a movement that is now well over a decade old, is intended to foster respect for and interest in other cultures.
	www.bluecorncomics.com /multdef.htm (3468 words)

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