Critical Perspectives on International and Multicultural Education
Toward Education for Diversity, Social Justice and Equity
Takeo Morimo, Seiji Kawasaki, Masanobu Kiritani, and Kyoko Nakayama, Editors (Japanese Edition)
Chapter 18: “Multiculturalism and the Domestication of Difference” (co-authored by Erin Blakely and David Hemphill) addresses the history of multicultural education and the problems with defining culture as a static, independent variable. It looks at the invention of race in particular, tracing its origins to colonial casta paintings. The chapter argues that typical implementations of multicultural reforms reduce and reify race, ignoring the hybrid complexities of student identities.
