Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Multiculturalism Continued.....
I come from a very small town in West Tennessee (approx 2,600 residence). Our high school had almost 400 students grades 9-12. 94.2% is White Non-Hispanic, 4.3% Black and 0.6% two or more races. The Hispanic race population percentage is significantly below state average. With all this being said....there was very little diversity. I am sure they tried to incorporate it within our curriculum. Looking back now, I feel the educators were very "old school" and narrow minded. It was not until I moved out of the small town that I realized there was more diverse cultures out there. I know, that is sad to say. But I have a great appreciation now more than I did growing up as a child.
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It shows, though, how important it is to teach with a multicultural approach so that even if (or especially when) the diversity isn't in the population, students are still exposed to all the possibilites. That way, when they get out into the wider world, they'll have some grounding.
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