- one problem is in defining the term "multiculturalism". when it is
looked at simply as meaning the existence of a culturally integrated
society, many people have no problems. however, when you go behind that
and try to suggest a different way of arriving at that culturally integrated
society, everybody seems to have a different opinion on what will work.
since education is at the root of the problem, it might be appropriate
to use this as en example in the context of our discussion (and in connection
: the affirmative action-debate).
- recent research has emphasized the economic, social and cognitive
advantages available to bilinguals. yet for many immigrant groups, bilingualism
is a temporary phenomenon. most immigrant children arrive in the united
states as monolingual speakers of their native language, develop bilingualism
as they acquire english, establish english-speaking households and raise
their children as english-speaking monolinguals. according to survey
data, even spanish, a language thought to be particularly enduring in
the united states, seldom lasts beyond the second or third generation.
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