By Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

After reading the book than Shlesinger realizes, I have to say that it was interesting and admit that I agree with most of the views about multicultural society and multicultural education in US. Its discusses the movement in America to disaggregate our nation into ethnic and gender subgroups. I will give a brief summary of each chapter of what the author, Arthur M. says in his book.

In the first chapter of this book, "A new Race" the author explain the time that emigrants from different part of the world came to United State, the beginning of a new society and the conflict that emerge between them.

Schlesinger explains some background of the beginning of this country and the mixing of people as the major conflict of the century.

The author views US as a new world cause of the wide amount of immigrants with different ethnicity and distinctive traditions living in the same nation. He gives us example of what people had to do to become "Americans."

Emigrants from southern and eastern Europe claim the idea of the melting pot. Most ethnics, whites and non whites, saw themselves prim

Where are the contribution of German, Irish, African, Asian, Scotch, that contribute to this nation, called United State.

The key to solve this cultural issue is by answering the question of how as a pluralistic society to vindicated cherished cultures and traditions without breaking common ideals, common languages, common fate and common culture which are thing that hold the nation together.

American history was long written in the interest of the white Anglo -Saxon Protestant (WASP) . American history was shaped more than anything else by British traditions and culture. The author emphasize the importance of the history saying "History is the substance of mirror of people humanity in other eyes as well as in their own eyes...not only what they have done, but also a reflection of what they can do, and and what they can become." p.66

We identify our self as unique because our mix of races and we learn about our roots that build our nationality. We feel proud of all the contribution that all this different culture made to us and it holds us together. Some of us are more white than others but we still been Puerto Rican, not matter the color of skin.

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Approximate Word count = 1444
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)