Despite the efforts of multiculturalism to increase awareness and tolerance of racial and ethnic diversity, as well as hyphenated (implicit and explicit) identities, American national identity has always been fraught. If you are an American who identifies with a non-white race or ethnicity and who engages the languages, customs, and practices of multiple cultures, living on two sides of the hyphen is, indeed, a difficult dance. Do you recognize your religious or ethnic inheritance, or embrace your ancestral lands? These scopes of American multiculturalism ethnocentrism, and nationalism form the path through which Master Two students understand concepts of race ethnicity and culture.
- Teacher: RADHIA LAYADA