Multiculturalism

What is multiculturalism?

• The vision that minority cultures should be imposed on the dominant culture.

• The vision that cultures, races, and ethnicities, especially those of minority groups, deserve special recognition of their differences within a dominant political culture.

• The vision that all cultures should merge into one dominant culture.

• The vision that minority cultures should disappear to make way for the dominant culture.

What aspects can multiculturalism influence in individuals?

• Values, attitudes, beliefs, interactions, and behaviors.

• Only interactions and values.

• Only values and attitudes.

• Only beliefs and behaviors.

How is multiculturalism formed?

• Only through the exclusion of minority cultures.

• It can happen when a jurisdiction is created or expanded by amalgamating areas with two or more different cultures.

• Only through immigration from a single country.

• Only through the imposition of one culture over another.

What theory describes the assimilation of immigrants into a common 'American' culture?

• Single plate theory.

• Melting pot theory.

• Glass of water theory.

• Salad bowl theory.

What is multicultural education?

• Only the education of a specific culture.

• Only the education of minority cultures.

• Only the education of a dominant culture.

• Any form of education that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds.

What is one of the challenges of multiculturalism according to the text?

• One of the challenges of multiculturalism according to the text is that multiculturalism privileges the well-being of certain groups over the common good, potentially eroding the common good in favor of a minority interest.

• Multiculturalism does not affect the common good.

• Multiculturalism ensures equal individual rights for all.

• Multiculturalism has no impact on equal individual rights.

What type of theory has been described as a 'salad bowl' and a 'melting pot'?

• Single plate and glass theory.

• Bowl of salad and melting pot theory.

• Glass of salad and plate of fusion theory.

• Salad pot and fusion bowl theory.

What impact has multiculturalism had on education according to the text?

• The study plans have been reviewed and expanded to include the contributions of minority and neglected cultural groups.

• It has had no impact on education.

• Only the contributions of the dominant culture have been included.

• Only the contributions of minority cultural groups have been eliminated.

What aspect of multiculturalism has been described as a challenge to liberal democracy?

• What aspect of multiculturalism has been described as a challenge to liberal democracy?

• Multiculturalism has no impact on the equality of individual rights.

• Multiculturalism poses no challenges to liberal democracy.

• All citizens must be treated equally under the law without exception of their real social, cultural, political, and economic position.

• Some cultural groups need more than recognition to ensure the integrity and maintenance of their distinct identities and contributions.

What is the inclusion of multiculturalism according to the text?

• Seeks the inclusion of the opinions and contributions of various members of society while maintaining respect for their differences and without requiring their assimilation into the dominant culture.

• Seeks the exclusion of the opinions and contributions of various members of society to maintain the dominant culture.

• Seeks the assimilation of all cultures into one dominant culture.

• Seeks the imposition of one culture over all others.