What is Culture? “Different cultures provide distinct and separate worlds of meaning for those who have learned to live by them." This quote by Laura Bohannan captures the essence of the debate over multicultural education that exists in America today. America has long been called "The Melting Pot" due to the fact that it is made up of a varied mix of races, cultures, and ethnicities. As more and more immigrants come to America searching …showed first 75 words of 2918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2918 total…thinking of America in terms of a whole. With just a basic understanding of other cultures, and most importantly, the tools and background to think critically and make our own decisions not based on color, sex, religion, or national origin, but on information that we were able to accurately attain through the critical thinking skills we were taught in school, we would be better equipped to work at achieving harmony in a varied racial country.