Question

Read “Instituionalizing our Demise: America vs Multiculturalism” by Roger Kimball on pg 268 and “Reinventing America” Call for a new national indentity” by Elizabeth Martinez on pg 275. Create a double entry notebook for each reading selection It should be atleast five observation and responses.

wric 268 PART 2 essay pro. exactly how and why their authors disagree. Instead of with parties in conflict as mediators do, you will nt of view designed to appeal to both sides, mediatn posing a point of view des recently the immigran and less Protestant and a and cultures A Conflict to Mediate The United States is a nation of immigrants, but r e based on the origi. lation includes a wider array of races, ethnicities in the past. The result is a population less white an op become a multicultural nation or maintain a single cult diverse Eaeropcue hent the nflux of diverse people should have r i erica. Accordin o this position, Some people argue that the Puritan sett on the traditional Eurocentric identity of Am has a distinctive and superior culture, traceable to the D this pos America has a distinctive a source atectehe should dissolve n art critic and editor at lst of and based more broadly on Western civilization. This culture is our nation's strength. To keep it strong, newcomers need to assimil its values and beliefs. In other words, people holding this positio multicu melting pot metaphor. Because they believe cultural differencesocate as new immigrants become "true Americans," they oppoe We have chosen a recent essay by Roger Kimball, an art cri on the conservative journal The New Criterion, to represen Opponents argue that newcomers should preserve their distin tures, taking pride in being Mexican, Chinese, African, and so on. Their phor is the mosaic, with each culture remaining distinct but contrib the whole. We have chosen an essay by Elizabeth Martínez to represen multiculturalist perspect issues of social justice, including racism and women's rights Cul. meta- to ive. Martínez is a Chicana writer and an activist on Understanding the Positions Any attempt to mediate positions requires an understanding of opposing cases Printed below are the two arguments, followed by our analyses. Institutionalizing Our Demise: America vs. Multiculturalism ROGER KIMBALL The following abridged article appeared in The New Criterion. Roger Kimbal's books include The Long March: How the Cuitural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America and Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education. There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphen- ated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad.

Answer 1

America Vs Multiculturalism

Observation	Response
America is fulfilled with immigrants	The basic culture assumed with different cultural values and languages.
Identified people with different thoughts and opinions.	the land Acknowledges the real and social justices
The technology of power promotes the growth of mini-industry.	Multiculturalism creates cultural commodities and promotes cost profit for the industries.
Denied access to multicultural society.	Ideology changed the exclusion to a system of inclusion.
Cultural Imperialism meets democratic necessity.	It increases the self-esteem of the individual.

Reinventing America:

Observation	Response
Identified white original myth	Redefine the multicultural values.
Determination of people on the land base.	Distinguishes the people based on honesty.
Mexican people felt inferior.	The winning of the west ends the manifest destiny.
Manifest identity based on racism	Vietnam war promotes liberation.
Euroamericans struggled with identity.	Civil Right Movements attained social equality and democracy.