Multiculturalism and the Death of the American Dream

These are dark days for American education. In schools across the country, an alliance of politically correct educators and radical separatists is waging a divisive battle against the very idea of assimilation.

Browsers of the [Seattle Public School] website were informed that “having a future time orientation, emphasizing individualism as opposed to a more collective ideology [and] defining one form of English as standard” were all forms of racism. How eliminating such key ingredients of America's melting-pot society would help immigrant children went unexplained. Evidently, Seattle’s educators view students who speak standard English, plan for the future and favor capitalism over collectivism as victims.

This is scary stuff indeed. If immigrants do not want to assimilate, and in fact are being told that those who ask them to assimilate and believe in the American Dream are racists, I hold little hope for our future. The whole point of the melting pot image is to bring what is best about your culture to the American Experience. It is absolutely not the idea that you can come here and change American Culture to fit your own ideals. Those people have been fought and dealt with harshly since the beginning of our country.

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