Select either the Nieto or the Schlesinger perspective. What is your critique of the other document?11/19/2021 I choose the perspective of Nieto. She believes that "multicultural education can have a substantive and positive impact on the educational experience of most students'' (Fraser 344). Growing up she had the experience of being influenced based on the poverty, discrimination, and the perception of ones culture and language. Since she knew Spanish and English was her second language many teachers would pick on those who knew another language. She believed that they should focus on two primary concern " Raising the achievement of all students and thus providing them with an equal and equitable education and Giving students the opportunity to become critical and productive members of a democratic society"(Fraser 348). Multiculturalism was becoming something that was common which meant "making a commitment to respect and teach about many cultural backgrounds that children bring into schools"(Urban 340).They focused on giving every race an opportunity to learn, meaning different minority groups such as Asian American, Hispanics etc. Schlesinger believed that "multiculturalism can quickly lead to division and separation; he wanted none of it"(Fraser 349). He wanted to lead newcomers to an acceptance of the language, the institutions, and the political ideals that hold the nation together because many immigrants and different types of minorities were coming.
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