Frances E. Kendall

Don't bother to read this book if you support "E Pluribus Unum" or any other version of aculturalization, assimilation or unification. This book urges primary and secondary school teachers to "act as an agent of change" with the apparent goal of hyphenating every child into some subset of American culture, with the implicit belief in oppression, victimization, exploitation and disadvantage. That this approach has failed is demonstrated by continuing poor performance by those children and young adults raised on this dogma, despite demonstrable improvement both educationally and economically within each ethnic group in the United States where the child is taught the opposite of what this book teaches. The author glorifies diversity for its own sake, offering false promises to those who fail to recognize that achievement, opportunity and success in 21st century America are not rooted in race or ethic origin, but in personal discipline, commitment, individual skills and compliance with the rules and principles of modern achievement.… (mehr)