“Multiculturalism” sure sounds good. It conjures up those ideas of diversity and equality that make U.S. citizens want to high-five one another in the street. The very roots of the word seem to connote the egalitarianism we all imagine emanating in great red, white and blue clouds from the Founding Fathers and everything they wrote. But connotations can be deceiving.
Multiculturalism comes with a price
The word sounds great on first read, but multiculturalism actually does more to push Americans apart than to bring them together.
Monday, January 12, 2009 | 8:45 a.m. CST
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