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A colleague states that multicultural education is un-American and will do away with our common culture. The colleague continues, "Now more than ever, in the aftermath of 911, we should focus on American history, not the history of others." How do you respond to this colleague?

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First of all, what is "American?" Most Americans identify themselves more by region or religion than by nationality. America has always been considered the"great melting pot" whereby people could enjoy the freedom to practice their religious convictions in a free and democratic society. Knowledge of different cultures and an understanding of how perceived differences came to exist or why they exist today gives us has humans the ability to find our commonalities as members of the human race. Yet,history is ...

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