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Statement: Racial/ethnic diversity and cultural pluralism are better for a society than homogeneity or total assimilation. What’s in the news? Go to the following website for a report on how teenagers often “self-segregate” themselves - http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/30/campus.balkanization/. What do the experts say? “Societies such as Japan are racially and ethnically homogeneous compared to highly diverse societies such as the U.S. In the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries, total assimilation was the ideal in the eyes of both oldcomers and newcomers. Today, however, pluralistic communities have become the ideal.” What do you think? Discuss the statement and following questions in class.
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