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50 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
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cruel & unusual punishment,
By A Customer
This review is from: Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (Paperback)
Certainly, the assignment of this book in a graduate level course must be covered under the Geneva Convention. Not only is it poorly written, but it is intellectually shallow -- nothing but an assemblage of hackneyed cliches about how horrible the "dominant culture" in America is. I cannot believe that I have been assigned this trite tome as the sole text in a GRADUATE level course. What's even worse, it provides virtually no guidance for current or prospective educators about how to effectively teach a classroom full of students of disparate races, cultures, religions and socio-economic backgrounds. What a shame that is, since this is such a very real need in education today. Thank goodness this is only for a 4-week summer intersession. That this book is in its 5TH EDITION is simply beyond comprehension.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Biased!,
This review is from: Multicultural Education In A Pluralistic Society (Paperback)
While this book may contain some good information on multicultrual education I find it difficult to get past the bias presented in it. Based on statements like
"A crucial fact in understanding racism is that whites see themselves as superior to persons and groups of color, and as a result exercise their power to prevent people of color from securing the prestige, power, and privilege held by whites." and "Whites go through a developmental stages as they develop their racial identity and abandon racism." The authors seem to presume that all whites are racist, power hungry, pigs. Knowing that such a generalization is patently false how can I trust the content describing peoples of other cultural backgrounds.
41 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
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A secular humanist apology for multiculturalism in education,
By A Customer
This review is from: Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
It is bad enough that this is a poor book with no balance, but to require it as a text in post-graduate studies in education almost brings on apoplexy. It is a secular humanist apoligia for multiculturalism in education. It is singular in point of view, never straying from the thesis that multiculturalism is good and schools must support it; hardly the sort of reference work for a university level discussion of the issues. The philosophy behind the book is that people are hardly more or less than those cultural elements which have been socialized into them with little responsibility for their beliefs or actions. The main text is that every culture is equally valuable in society, forgetting that "society" is essentially American culture with its own priorities. They go into great detail on the virtues of immigrant cultures and the vices of the American culture, hardly accepting that it has a right to exist as well. The most difficult aspect of this is the authors' almost laughable inability to get outside of their point of view and treat the issues with something approaching objectivity. The book is unbearable in its "holier than thou" attitude. I don't know if this is typical of the ilk but if so, it is hardly a wonder that the multicultural mavens have difficulty selling their point of view
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