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Multiculturalism: A Language with Many Dialects

A participant in a seminar on multiculturalism suggests that the discourse on cultural diversity actually reflects two distinct issues: (1) pluralism, individual dignity, and mutual understanding, and (2) historical oppression and the quest for equity. The challenge for college educators is to bring together these issues and use the college classroom as a locus for social change. (MSE)

• Author/Creator: Swift, John N.
• Date Published: Fall
• Journal/Secondary Title: Liberal Education
• Number: 4
• Volume: 81
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Cultural Pluralism
• Subject: Justice
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Social Discrimination

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