Multiculturalism tears at fabric of country

Arizona Daily Star ^ | 6/13/04 | Suzanne Fields

[expatguy]

Every so often a true gem is found and posted here on Freerepublic. This is one of those gems - a true diamond -

For those of you with lists, you might consider pinging everyone you know. This is one of the rare posts on this forum that everyone who loves our country should read.

Thanks so very much Sandrat for finding this and posting it here.

[The Duke]

Euro-American Ping!

[Helms]

"The main reason we are having the surge in immigration is because the American corporations are looking for cheap labor and the American government is looking for tax payers to pay for the social security of the upcoming boomer generation that is about ready to retire."

So true and Hispanics are way preferrable to a Muslim population such as Germany and France are no saddled with.

No headgear or anti-semitism required.

[Verginius Rufus]

It's "E Pluribus Unum," not "E Unum Pluribus."

Better: not "Ex Uno Plures."

[martin_fierro]

Quomodo. <|:)~

[BeAllYouCanBe]

" hyphenated Americans who elevate their often exotic and usually undemocratic countries of origin. "

One thing we haven't mentioned yet is "HATE-CRIMES".

Here in California if you are White and get into a disagreement with a Latino, Black, Asian, Mid-Easterner or what-have-you they can pull the race-card and get you in trouble with the police big time. Hate Crimes can double or even triple the sentence if found guilty. So if your neighbor insults you and you insult him back depending on the ethnicticity one person can be in big trouble. This happens all the time out here small incidents are blow-up because of "Hate-Crime" laws.

Are others noticing this?

[Indie]

This is just one of the inciteful comments in this piece.

Sometimes the truth is inciteful. So be it. Death to all those who would destroy our country and Christianity. Death to islamonazis. Death to communist leftists. Death to....

[ooops, sorry. I lost my head there for a second. Don't get any ideas now.]

[BeAllYouCanBe]

I just heard a knock at the door and a young Mexican man left me a big orange plastic bag for donations of clothes small kitchen appliances, etc.. It was from Asians For Humans, Animals and Nature. http://www.ahan.org.

So can I as I non-Asian contribute to this? This Diversity crap is so confusing to an old guy like me.

This is California so it don't surprise me none!

[Bahbah]

LOL. I could say that "inciteful" was a Freudian slip, but it was really just bad spelling.

[Verginius Rufus]

Vicky Lynn (AHAN founder) is such an Asian-sounding name!

[junta]

Some of her friends should be advised to go look in the mirror and search for the warts of Multi-culturalism and Western Civ hating. The Calvary and not some twentieth century events set the tome for Western Civ, and to deny that one might as well stick a bone thru one's nose and go beat the bongo drums as advocate for high culture. I'll give Ms. Field's credit she is on the right track.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

Good point about the "Asian" organization ethnic persuasion. "Our Board of Directors and Advisory Board Members" <--

Look like all caucasian liberal Californians to me -- so much white-liberal-guilt and so little time.

[windchime]

Bump!

[upcountryhorseman]

" we already have a culture": You are so right! The trouble is, our children are never taught what our culture is:
self-reliance, the free market system, taking responsibilty
for one's own actions, a judeo-christian religious outlook.

[Gunrunner2]

The Stafford County School Board in Virginia has a "multicultural advisory board." made up of the most vile anti-Americans you can imagine. Here is their statement of purpose, their agenda. Please note the thumb in the eye regarding our Founding Fathers and also note the "musts" that demand the students "celebrate" other cultures.

I was a member of this committee and let me tell you that when I pointed out the dogmatic and intolerant and anti-American tome of their creed, I was attacked and was told the statement needed to be MORE dogmatic, that the statement needed to be worded more clearly that made clear the American culture was no better, and in most cases, worse than than any other culture/country. No exception, all students were told they MUST celebrate other cultures.

Here it is:

Historical Perspective:

We are a nation of immigrants. America has been continually challenged since its inception with integrating people with many backgrounds into one society. Looking towards the twenty-first century, we continue to search for ways to bring our people together.

We are a people with the freedom of expression to be as we wish to be and to think as we wish to think. We are not one national “melting pot” that our fathers and forefathers conceived and perceived. We are aware and proud of our heritage and prefer that we not be forced by society to conform to the melting pot theory. Diversity must be understood and celebrated.

In 1954 the Supreme Court eliminated the concept of “separate but equal” education, and since then, efforts by the public schools to accommodate racial and cultural diversity have had a profound impact on how we help children learn. We have the responsibility to teach students about global interdependence and co-existence because we are rapidly moving toward a global community where multiple perspectives and interdependent communities must live and work together harmoniously.

Need for Philosophical Restructuring and Establishment of Goals:

Educators across the country are experiencing first-hand the impact of ethically and culturally diverse students in their classrooms. In order for schools to accommodate these students and teach them to adapt to the many groups in which they find themselves now and in the future, school systems must change. In order for this change to occur, school boards must first become aware of and sensitive toward factors and issues related to ‘culture’ and must then set goals to move from monoculture to multicultural educational systems. They must establish a commitment for the implementation or expansion of multicultural education and set goals and objectives to ensure that all children have the opportunity to understand and appreciate all types of diversity.

Plan Implementation:

Theory must become practical application before people are impacted. But staff must be further empowered if they are to move from an awareness of multiculturalism to implementation in the classrooms. They must learn new skills, adapt old ones, and develop a deeper understanding of how to prepare all students how to live in a global, interdependent world. District-wide, systematic professional development must occur and materials and other resources must be funded in order to infuse our program of studies with multiculturalism.

Moreover, staff with multi-ethnic heritages must be recruited and employed by school systems in order to provide role models for a rising number of multiethnic students and a truer reflection of the community at large. The community must be encouraged to participate in multicultural education in the schools. People with diverse backgrounds and experiences can enrich student’s experiences and enhance curriculum perspectives. The school is, after all, a microcosm of the community it serves.

Schools cannot be held responsible for solving the social issues facing our communities today. They can, however, promote sensitivity, tolerance, and respect by providing curricular and extracurricular opportunities for students to explore, understand, and appreciate the diversity of race, religion, and ethnicity that has shaped our country and the values that we share as Americans. Schools can also help students develop a global perspective that demands that citizens live and work in harmony regardless of color, creed, or culture.




Yuck.

I pointed out to Tom Villacres, my member of the school board, that the statement was anti-American and intolerant, his response was to embrace it even further.

Multiculturalism Advisory Board:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Div/Stafford/SchoolBoard/0304multicultural.html

[SandRat]

You and all of FREEPER LAND is welcome.

[SandRat]

Living in Arizona there are similar things occurring if we even remotely complain about the flood of illegals.

[ladylib]

"Even though English was not the language of her family's household, her English handwriting, diction, grammar and writing and speaking style were superb, as was her knowledge and love of literature, poetry, geography, math and history."

Same with my grandmother who was from Italy. She spoke beautiful, grammatically correct English. Her parents spoke Italian when they had private conversations with each other, however, all the children spoke English all the time.

[truthkeeper]

One of the best posts I have seen on Free Republic. Thanks very much; I'll be e-mailing it like crazy.

[ladylib]

Are enough parents upset enough about this that they are willing to remove their children from the public schools and open their own private schools utilizing a more traditional curriculum? Because if they aren't, there really is nothing you can do to counteract this mindset. It's firmly entrenched. My town is as proud as punch that every single subject that is taught in the public school is infused with "multiculturism." Ever heard of "rain forest math"? Well, now we have "multicultural math."

Hopefully, it's just a fad that will die out, just like the "ecology" of the 70s, but it will do a lot of damage in the meantime.