Demystifying multiculturalism. (myth that the US white population is on the decline and there is no one single American culture) (Cover Story) From: National Review | Date: February 21, 1994| Author: Chavez, Linda | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Advocates of multiculturalism and the role it plays in employment and education reject various sociological realities. The percent of white males in the work force is declining, but part of this has to do with the number of white women entering it. Multiculturalists also oppose assimilation.

MULTICULTURALISM is on the advance, everywhere from President Clinton's Cabinet to corporate boardrooms to public-school classrooms. If you believe the multiculturalists' propaganda, whites a...

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