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Article: Multicultural education and citizenship education at a crossroads: searching for common ground.(Special Section: Citizenship Education and Multicultural Education at a Crossroads)
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- The Social Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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During an interview that was published in Educational Leadership under the title "On Educating for Diversity," James Banks said this: "Schools are public institutions that should promote the common good and the overarching values of the nation-state. While we [I assume the we stands for the multiculturalists] value diversity and are committed to that ideal," he continued, "the diversity that we value must exist within the framework of American democratic values." He went on to list the values of "justice, equality, and human rights. . . the right to freedom of expression and freedom of choice." (Brandt 1994, 31)
If one reacts quickly to this statement, one might ...