The victims of multiculturalism


When accommodation turns illegals into dependent victims
Amity Shales nails it.

But state- or federally funded multiculturalism can do damage, bilingual education being the best example. Instead of serving as a bridge to help integrate newcomers, Spanish-language instruction frequently ghettoized younger arrivals.

They didn't learn English well enough to pursue higher education. They missed out on the great unifying U.S. experience. Bilingualism is built on the principle of fairness. But there is nothing fair about encountering it when you are an immigrant whose mother tongue is yet a third language.

Government multiculturalism also hurts national identity. As one of the authors of California's school curriculum, Diane Ravitch points out that state's law mandates representation of all social groups in instructional material, from the elderly to women and the disabled. Political jargon makes the books incoherent. The result isn't so much that students learn the wrong history, but that they don't learn history at all.

The "rights" and special privileges granted to illegal Mexican immigrants are absolutely unique and without precedent. They also rob those people of the very tools they need to get ahead.

Government is not your friend

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - May 23, 2006 at 09:40 PM  Tag


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