New Left Review I/208, November-December 1994
Russell Jacoby
The Myth of Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism, cultural diversity, cultural pluralism: in the United States few causes have won such widespread enthusiasm. These phrases kick off a thousand speeches and articles; they appear in hundreds of essays and books. Government officials, college administrators, corporate executives, museum curators, high-school principals—to name just a few—declare their commitment to multiculturalism. One sign of the times: the American Council of Education published a guide to programmes and publications on cultural diversity that runs to four hundred pages.
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