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Multiculturalism Is a Condition of the Heart: White Voices Inside the Walls of Southern Universities

Lynn K. Wilder
Published Online: 2015-05-07 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2015-0008

Abstract

Multiculturalism was founded after the genocide of the Holocaust to ensure acts of annihilation toward a people group never again occurred. Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, diverse faculty and diverse students are still underrepresented in universities. In absentia and expecting more diverse faculty, how can White faculty effectively promote moral multiculturalism?

Keywords: diversity; higher education; teacher education; multicultural

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Published Online: 2015-05-07

Published in Print: 2015-09-01


Citation Information: Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 255–267, ISSN (Online) 2161-2412, ISSN (Print) 2194-654X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2015-0008.

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