Friday, March 27, 2009

What you can do: Educators

If you are an educator looking to teach your students from a multicultural perspective, it is important to encourage the racial and ethnic identities of your students. One way of doing this is to support the languages spoken by your students if they are bilingual or fluent in languages other than English.
Another way of implementing multiculturalism in the classroom is to encourage the children, regardless of background, to all feel welcome. This will help all students (not just the "minorities"), but also the white or European American children learn about diversity and respect for others.
Furthermore, do not just teach or discuss topics that are from a European perspective. Add books to the curriculum that are from a Caribbean perspective, a Latin American perspective, an Asian perspective, etc. By offering a wide range of books (as opposed to the usual To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Scarlet Letter), students will become more culturally aware, and will begin to see the injustices of white privilege.

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