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Title: The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society by Arthur M. Schlesinger ISBN: 0-393-31854-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Courageous
Comment: Schlesinger served the Kennedy administration, heavily involved in advancing Civil Rights. Any memory of pre-1960s America justifies his passion. Even lynching of Blacks was not illegal until Truman made it so in 1948 and images of fire hose and German Shepard attacks on peaceful Black protestors or their White supporters remains a stark memory. His book, however, is an alert to those of reason regardless of affiliation that the movement has run off its tracks. But that hasn't stopped its wreckage from continuing to plow a path of ruin through its original intent. As Schlesinger puts it, "A culture of ethnicity has arisen to denounce the idea of a melting pot, to protect and perpetuate separate ethnic and racial communities." Its underlying philosophy is that America is not a nation of individuals but a nation of groups, he says; ethnicity is the defining experience; division into ethnic communities establishes the structure of American society and the fundamental meaning of American history. "Multiethnic dogma abandons historic purposes, replacing assimilation by fragmentation, integration by separation." Our modern movements succeed where the Klan failed.
Referencing multiculturalism he asks if it is the school's function to teach racial pride? When does obsession with difference threaten identity? Since this 1993 book this obsession has become an educational standard. Our calendar is split into months for one race pride or another (except white and European). It starts early - believing the purpose of history is therapeutic. He notes, "Once ethnic pride and self-esteem become the criterion for teaching history then certain things cannot be taught." Schlesinger asks the question, "Why does anyone suppose that pride and inspiration are available only from people of the same ethnicity?" One wonders.
Schlesinger's core warning is the same as that of the Founders, that "the virus of tribalism lies dormant, flaring up to destroy entire nations." But that has not stopped the derailment of Civil Rights. As Schlesinger notes, Black America's valid leaders - like so much from the Left that began for the right reasons - have been hijacked for the benefits of opposition, not unification.
Rating: 4
Summary: thought-provoking
Comment: I originally was assigned to read this book for a class, and it turned out to be one of my favorites regarding the issues of multicultarism and America today. Schlesinger explores many things, including inclusiveness in History texts regarding minorities, the use of hyphens when describing ethnicity (African-American, for example) and particularly, the fragmentation of ethnic groups in America. This book was utterly thought-provoking. I don't agree with everything Schlesinger says, but I'm rather glad I read it.
Rating: 2
Summary: racist reality not confronted
Comment: I totally agree with the last comment. A lot of you gave this book five stars because you feel "minorities" are acting paranoid, acting out. You're thinking, i've never had a racist thought in my life! Never called anybody names! My people give other peoples freedom, gives them jobs, saves their souls, and do nice things like correcting their English. if you say that, then chances are you don't have any close friends who are not "White." If you say you do, then they probably act and speak like you. It's time for American writers to start talking about racial conflict in this divided nation openly, instead of pumping out these passive-agressive texts using political correct language. Thumbs down to Schlesinger's one-sided book.
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Title: We Are All Multiculturalists Now by Nathan Glazer ISBN: 067494836X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Dictatorship of Virtue : How the Battle Over Multiculturalism Is Reshaping Our Schools, Our Country, andOur Lives by Richard Bernstein ISBN: 0679763988 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Heaven's Door : Immigration Policy and the American Economy by George J. Borjas ISBN: 0691088969 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Afrocentric Idea by Molefi Kete Asante ISBN: 156639595X Publisher: Temple Univ Press Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.25 |
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Title: Always in Pursuit : Fresh American Perspectives by STANLEY CROUCH ISBN: 0375701680 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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