p to the make up of people in ourSupreme Court. However, although we have made many advances culturallythat other countries haven't, we still have yet to see an African-American,Latino, or for that matter, a woman as head of our country. With increasingawareness of other cultures though, these once unheard of suggestions aremaking their way even closer to reality. Another way to look at the issue is that most non-Western cultureshave few achievements equal to Western culture either in the past or present(Duignan 492). The modern achievements that put America ahead of othercountries are unique to America because they were developed here. Manythird-world countries still practice things that we have evolved from manyyears ago, such as slavery, wife beatings, and planned marriages. We arealso given many freedoms that are unheard of in other countries. Homosexuality is punished severely in other lands, while we have grown torealize that it is part of the genetic makeup of many people and they cannotcontrol it. Most immigrants come to America for a better way of life, willing toleave behind the uncivilized values of their mother countries. Instead oftrying to move the country that they came from into America, immigrantsneed to be willing to accept the fact that America is shared by all who livehere, and it is impossible to give every citizen an equal amount of attention. If we are not willing to forget some parts of our heritage in favor of a set ofwell rounded values, then a fully integrated America will never be possible. There certainly is no easy answer to the problem of multiculturaleducation. Proponents will continue to argue the benefits that unfortunatelyseem to be too far out of reach for our imperfect society. The hard truth isthat it is impossible for our public school system to fairly cater to thehundreds of nationalities that already exist, let alone the hundreds more thatare projected to arrive during the next century...
