>Andi (are we twinned somewhere?) asks if I cannot see that the benefits
>of multiculturalism relate to its exposure of the melting pot idea and
>its subsequent absorption of difference into the universal standard.
>Gosh, Andi, I thought that's what I said. . . .
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>My objections to multiculturalism stem not from its recognition of real
>divisions; it stems from its failure to ground its ideology of difference
>in differences that shape most of our lives, e.g., economic. I say
>GROUND because I do not mean to imply that cultural differences are
>irrelevant in any sense, but that resistance (which is what I think
>multicultural agendas ought to be about and too often are not) ought to
>incorporate resistance to the forces that flatten peoples lives into the
>vanilla shape that makes subservience to oppressive ideologies (indeed,
>incorporation of those ideologies; the worst racism among peoples of
>color is not anti-white, it's anti-self) automatic.
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>Candi Ellis
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