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While the study of different cultures is undoubtedly worthwhile, the controversy arises when we begin to discuss how to incorporate these cultures into the basic, often mandatory, study of our own common society in the United States. How much time do we devote in our curriculum to each ethnic group...
The answer is expressed by Doug Lanzo and Gabe Sterling in their Guest Commentary in The Crimson (Feb. 25): "True Multiculturalism...is not separatism...is not ethnocentrism...It is the inclusion and integration of noteworthy individuals and groups, regardless of race, religion and class, into a common curriculum." The strength...
The Latin American culture is quite different from other minority cultures in the United States. It is comprised of dozens of distinct Latin American cultures, and in many cases there are few similarities between any two of these. And so, to some extent it is understandable that each of these...
For example, for some time now there has been strife between the Puerto Rican and the Dominican cultures in the United States. The conflicts arose for many reasons, some of which had to do with Puerto Rico's ongoing struggle with nationalism. But both cultures were so adamant about distinguishing...
Instead, CAUSA's emergence has made me realize that I have found the verification of a belief I had living in New York City surrounded by the conflicts of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. The problem that Latinos are having at Harvard and in this country is not that Latinos are...