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- Your article is fourth in this packet: "Teach Diversity with a Smile"
 * NOTE TO THIS GROUP: YOU GUYS NEED TO "GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER" -- LITERALLY. GET ALL YOU HAVE HERE AND ORGANIZE IT INTO ONE COHERENT PARAGRAPH, NOT A MISH-MASH OF ENTRIES. AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT LABELING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE: I TOLD YOU I WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHO DID WHAT. THE WIKI ALLOWS ME TO SEE WHO CONTRIBUTED AND MADE CHANGES. PLEASE TRY TO DO THIS BEFORE CLASS. IF NOT, ASAP. ~MS. W**

Overall Summary: The article Teach Diversity with A Smile by Barbara Ehrenreich is about the changes in diversity from a monoculturalistic society to a more multiculturalistic society. Ehrenreich is against multiculturalism and uses a lot of sarcasm to get her point acrossed. She talks about how it jeopardizes freedom of speech and freedom of thought, which are some of our rights in the U.S. We went from a culture that was based on point of view to a country of many outlooks. Monoculturalism is based upon a few races compared to numerous. Monoculturalism talks about blacks, whites and orientals, where as today multiculturalism talks of many races which include hispanics, blacks, whites and many others. [**um, this is not true--"mono" means one, not a few. thus "monoculturalism" is focused solely on one race--whites]** Not only does culturalism vary in races, but also in religions and morally excepted norms. There are many religions today compared to the 1950's when there were only a few such as jewish, catholic and protestant. Today, there are many gays and lesbians, but in the 1950's this was very unacceptable and unheard of. This world is constantly changing and who knows where we will be in another fifty years. [**here you sound like this is your opinion, not Ehrenreich's--be careful to always use "she says" language. And by the way, this is NOT what she says...make sure you understand this article!]

So you guys have gotten this together but it needs work if you plan on revising it for your portfolio. Read the bold above. Be sure your summary talks about what Ehrenreich says and stays focused on how she feels about TEACHING multiculturalism. You've gotten off track here. ~Ms. W**

Josh's

I thougth that the author was against the multicultural movement. She beleives that the views that are pressed upon them by this movement are rediculus. In the title of the article it says, "Teaching Diversity with a Smile," but how can you do this with such a limited spectrum of beliefs, views and words. If the only religions that you know in the world are Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant when there are so many more to learn about. The only foreign languages offered are French and German, The PC or political correctness this seemed to bother the author as well as myself when talking in political correctness you can not say "gril" if you mean a young teen-age woman, if this is the case you must frefur to her as a young teen-age woman. there are many other frazes that are politically incorrect; Oppressed peoples, disabled, and minorities are all words that are considered politically incorrect. What I believe the author is trying to say is that multicultural veiws are vague and should be broadened from there views as of the 1950's and that they should not enforce PC so heavily.

Hanannah's!!!!!!!

I think that for the most part Ehrenreich article Teaching Diversity with a Smile she was mostly against multicurtizm. She states that yes we need to observe minorites and there way of living. But she thinks that its taken way to far. In the text Ehrenreich states that "The Jacobin of the multiculturism movement who are discibed derisively as PC or potitcally correct, are said to have launched a campus reign of terror against those who slip and innocently ay freshamn instead of freshperson." Honeslty i think that she has the right idea. If the situation was reversed and it was white people that were talked about and consider monorites then they two would be taken to the extreme. Its all once again blown out of perportion. Basically it goes like this i think blacks just want to be treated like everyone else. Thats how we all want to be treat just as human beings. Thats the exact point Ehrenreich was trying to make. I think wanyway!!!!!

Jay's

In this piece about teaching diversity, Ehrenreich talks a lot about multiculturalism and how far its come over the past few years. She uses some sarcasm in her article in order to get her points across to the audience. She basically gives her feeling about multiculturalism away by saying that it has been taken to the extremes. She uses the example of monoculturalism and how far we come since then. Monoculturalism was basically at its extremes with, "Negroes, whites, orientals, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews." She cannot believe how far we've come since then which was her childhood. We classify people as gays, lesbians and muslims; unheard of in monoculturalism. She goes on to discuss how women will never make as much as men and how discrimination will always go on. She says, "With all due respect for the new politesse, actions still speak louder than fashionable phrases." I agree with this statement completely, no matter what, how people act will always take initiative over some phrase or law that was supposedly put into act. In the end she feels that both ends need to lighten up a bit. Changing to such a diverse multiculturalism is too far to the extreme but the people who still treat everyone else that aren't like them with disrespect need to give in a little to the multicultural part. She is right, it has been taken to the extreme in some cases but some people won't treat others the way they want to be treated.

Tiffany's I believe Teaching Diversity with A Smile by Barbara Ehrenreich talks a lot of multiculturalism and how fast it has grown. Ehreneich believes multiculturalism is a new menace and talks a lot about her feelings about multiculturalism. There is a lot of sarcasm in this article and I thought it was very hard to understand.