Multiculturalism Is A Myth Essay

In the United States, there is an underlying myth of social modernity. The notion that we are such an advanced society because we “fought” colonialism, “affirmed” religious freedom, “ended” slavery, “stuck a knife” in the historical patriarchy by allowing women to vote, gave “equality” to Africans by giving them the privilege of being American, and today by affording the right of marriage to homosexual couples. Globally and quite stereotypically, the populace of the United States is picture as the ultimate racial melting pot. Children are raised in a fallacious dream of the United States being the knight in shining armor that is out to save the damsel, the world. However, the crux in this narrative is the fact that white elites forged a system …show more content…
Consequently, these two notions are that they fail to recognize the weight micro-aggressions have on the furthering a racist institution. Derald Wing Sue notes, “ many whites fail to realize that people of color from the moment of birth are subjected to multiple racial aggressions from the media, peers, neighbors, friends, teachers, and even in the educational process… these insults and indignities are so pervasive that they are often unrecognized. (p.102)” Another hitch in the adaptation of colorblindness is that the only people allowed to be color blind are whites. It is a privilege that comes with being white to not see race when looks in the mirror (p.92). Those who fall outside the realm of whiteness are unequivocally tied to their race …show more content…
The unraveling of the cognitive mind to frame an understanding of the future, in this instance is rooted in a misguided, anxiety driven notion that those who seek the removal of an unjust system based on race, in some way want to end or undermine the economic structure of capitalism, believing that activists want utopian ideal of an equal society. The authors of Seeing White, argue that in order to bring about a more just society for everyone, the material conditions of all people’s lives must be made fairer: by fair [they] mean more equal; inequality would still exist (Halley, et. al. p.201). Putting forth the conception of the future justice, laid in uplifting those at the bottom back into the arena of human dignity, while noting that there will still be a bottom but that the bottom is not rooted upon the infringement of basic human rights promoted and justified in a racially classist