The United States Of America Has Been Called The Melting Pot For Centuries, Its

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Term Paper Title	The United States Of America Has Been Called The Melting Pot For Centuries, Its
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     The United States of America has been called the "Melting Pot" for centuries, it's borders have for the
most part been open to mass migrations of foreign people from countries all over the world.  Some of these
foreign people came here by force, under the bonds of slavery, while others came here voluntarily in
anything that floats, flys, or would otherwise transport them to a new place with a promise of a better life.
This has been, and is, historical fact, the inhabitants of the United States have been and continue to be a
diverse population consisting of a multitude of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds.  This being the
case one would assume it would be only logical and practical that within American educational systems
courses describing and teaching multiculturism would be provided in order to educate students how to
interact and respect peoples from various cultures.  However, "the issue of multiculturism, how to properly
define it, and what its role should be !
in the educational curriculum has become a hotly debated, controversial topic in American schools"
(Finsterbusch & McKenna 2).  Two general schools of thought have developed over the debate of
multicultirism as part of the curriculum:  One school of thought contends that teaching multiculturalism
debases the curriculum by enforcing anti-Western idelology, while the other school of thought contends
that teaching multiculturism enhances the the curriculum by "humanizing the viewpoint of the student"
(Finsterbusch & McKenna 3).
     One school of thought in the debate over incorporating multiculturism into the educational curriculum
contends that it debases the curriculum by enforcing anti-Western ideology.  According to Dinesh D'Souza,
author of Illiberal Education:  The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus;
                     "...by the time students graduate, very few colleges have met their
                       needs for all-round development.  Instead, by precept and example,
                       universities have taught them that all rules are unjust and all
                       preferences are principled; that all justice is simply the will of the
                       stronger party, and the ideal of the educated person is largely a
                       figment of bourgeois white male idealology, which should be cast
                       aside; that all knowledge can be reduced to politics, and that double
                       standards are acce...

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