Essays on Multiculturalism

Richard Rodriguez, a gay author and the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in Sacramento, California (1). He was best known for writing autobiographies of his experiences about life and lessons learned. Hunger of the Memory was one of the autobiographies he was best known for. Richard contributes his love, inspiration, and appreciation for personal…

In a speech to the House of Commons in 1995 Bill Clinton once said “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect. ”(President Bill Clinton House of Commons Address). In…

D “Diglossia is a relatively stable situation in which, in addition to the primary dialects of the language (which may include a standard or regional standards), there is a divergent, highly codified (often grammatically more complex) superposed variety,…which is learned largely by formal education and is used for most written and formal spoken purposes but…

South Africa is a country in which economic resources are not evenly distributed. Due to this economic imbalance, many people in South Africa do not have the income, education level, and/or literacy level to participate in psychological assessments. Administrative resources are also impacted by this economic imbalance. The lack of administrative resources can be seen…

Multiculturalism was a function of different variety of culture together with languages, principles, customs and other practices inside the structure of social equity, harmony and diplomacy and sustainability. In the midst of change, prejudice and narrow-mindedness which frequently build a multicultural society. Mrs. Markandaya’s The Golden Honeycomb explored the various cultural diversity that applied to…

I have learned about Multiculturalism and how important it is, “It dissipates the divisiveness of ignorance, and how it can encourage dialogue between radically different cultures that also have different perspectives” (Schafer, 2015 chapter 1 Exploring Race and Ethnicity). Black and Native Americans are the two groups that I observed as being subordinate however it…

The problem, challenges, or issues related to diversity in higher education ranges from ethnic and cultural differences, racism, gender discrimination, physical and mental disabilities, sexual orientation, political beliefs, religious beliefs, age, social-economic status and much more. Diversity and multiculturalism are two concepts that I have always used interchangeably while on the contrary, depicts different meanings….

I teach high school science, particularly Physical Science at a public high school in the state of Missouri. My students have little variations in culture with an enormous amount of diversity. “A really good teacher is someone who: knows that a student can teach, and a teacher can learn” (Tomlinson, 2014, p. 46). “Multicultural education…

Living in the small town of Flint, MI, I was surrounded by the same people; never unchanging. Although, not naïve to the world, I created a bubble within my own community. A bubble so comfortable that it could limit my chances to reach my highest potential in my future career. Before attending Michigan State University…

By the end of the cold war, a new topic arose that sparked debate and controversy everywhere throughout the world. The Canon Wars, which split between the two sides, diversity/equality and bias/quality It asks the question whether the past fifty years has contributed to intellectual life efficiently enough as in the past as we delve…