Multiculturalism
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The idea and implications of multiculturalism have been much debated in recent years and have become bound with other issues and concerns related to ethnicity, race, and concerns about equal treatment. The issues will be considered here, and interviews with a black and a white respondent will serve to focus the discussion and serve as a means of comparing different cultural experiences in American society as a whole.Multicultural is term that refers to the structure of American society. At one time American society was described as a melting pot, implying that a people from many different cultures came together and were assimilated into the prevailing culture. More recently, though, we have seen that the source cultures survive in various ways, making American society into something more like a mosaic, with different cultures existing side-by-side in some form. Diane Ravitch indicates this when she writes: As a result of the political and social changes of recent decades, cultural pluralism is now generally recognized as an organizing principle of this society. In contrast to the idea of the melting pot, which promised to erase ethnic and group differences, children now learn that. . . America has provided a haven for many different groups and has allowed them to maintain their cultural heritage or to assimilate, or--as is often the case--to do both; the choice is theirs, not the state's (Ravitch 542). While our recognition of the multicultural nature of American so
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American distributor for the product, which the founders of the company modified and improved to make it the most advanced piece of equipment of its type. The units are produced in the United States and then distributed through computer catalogs and retail companies.
The respondent is Director of Personnel and has been working to develop a training program, criteria for hiring, and a long-term growth plan including a program for human resources development to fit the needs of the company. He also makes hiring decisions either directly or by delegating that authority to managers, and he is involved in the decision-making process with reference to pay, along with the principals in the company. He received both his B.A. and his M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles before starting work with a large computer manufacturer. He stayed there until the new company was formed, and he was one of the three who came together to form this company because he considered it an important opportunity.
These two were interviewed on the same issues and their answers compared. The issues featured included race, pluralism, education, social mobility, affirmative action, and others. The two men showed a similar view of American
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Approximate Word count = 2723
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page)
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