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MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
AND OTHERS
CONSCIOUSLY WE TEACH
WHAT WE KNOW;
UNCONSCIOUSLY WE
TEACH WHO WE ARE.
Don Hamachek (contemporary)
Defining Terms Related
To Human Differences
• BIAS: a preference or inclination, favorable or
unfavorable, which inhibits impartial judgment.
• STEREOPTYPE: a positive or negative trait or
traits ascribed to a certain group and to most
members of that group.
• PREJUDICE: a negative attitude toward a
group and persons perceived to e members of
that group.
Defining Terms Related
To Human Differences (cont.)
• BIGOTRY: extreme negative attitudes leading
to hatred of a group and persons regarded as
members of the group.
• DISCRIMINATION: actions or practices
carried out by a member or members of
dominant groups or their representatives that
have a differential and negative impact on a
member or members of subordinate groups.
Differences between
race, ethnicity and nationality
• RACE is not a scientific concept, but a social
reality dictated by the color of one’s skin even
when skin color as a basis for human
categorization is absurd (African Americans are
identified as black, yet the skin color form many
of them is more accurately described as brown;
same with the term “redskin”: the skin color for
Native Americans is not red).
Differences between
race, ethnicity and nationality (cont.)
• ETHNICITY is based upon perceptions of
cultural differences. It refers to the historic
origins of an individual’s family. For immigrants
to the United States, ethnicity identifies their
country of origin or that from which their
ancestors came.
Differences between
race, ethnicity and nationality (cont.)
• NATIONALITY refers to the nation in which
one has citizenship. To ask people about their
nationality is to ask where they reside or what
nation is identified on their passport.
• People curious about someone’s ethnic heritage
have often asked, “What is your nationality?”
instead of “What is your ethnic background?”.
Nationalities of Ethnic Immigrants
to America
90
80
70
60
Europe
Canada
Other
Asia
Latin America
50
40
30
20
10
0
18201860
18611900
19011940
19411980
19812000
Minority Groups and Diversity
• Minority Group does not necessarily imply anything
about the number of people in the group; however it
does imply something about their power. When the
white minority held power in South Africa, black South
Africans were the majority in terms of numbers, but
they lacked the power under the Apartheid..
• Diversity refers to the presence of human beings with
perceived or actual differences based on a variety of
humans characteristics. Diversity exists both in
classrooms having no minorities and in classrooms
where all the students are African American.