CRITICAL MULTICULTURALISM RETHINKING MULTICULTURAL AND ANTIRACIST EDUCATION

THIS TEXT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER TWO MOVEMENTS, OF MULTICULTURALISM AND ANTI-RACISM, WHICH, THOUGH HAVING AIMS IN COMMON, HAVE BEEN AT ARMS LENGTH IN THE PAST. DIFFERENCES OF EMPHASIS HAVE MEANT THAT CLASSROOM PRACTICE HAS BEEN THE NATURAL REALM OF MULTICULTURALISM, WHILE ANTI-RACISM HAS BEEN DISSATISFIED WITH AN APPROACH THAT ACCENTUATES LIFE-STYLE AT THE EXPENSE OF CHALLENGING OR CHANGING THE RACISM THAT MINORITY STUDENTS EXPERIENCE. IN THESE DEBATES, THERE HAS BEEN A CONCENTRATION ON CULTURALLY SPECIFIC TOPICS. THIS WORK ALSO BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES TO FIND HOW INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS AND CONTEXTS MIGHT PROVIDE ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS FACED IN SINGLE COUNTRIES.