ABSTRACT
In a scathing review of the divisive acrimony generated by the crossfire of the multicultural wars in the United States of America, Nathan Glazer has wryly declared in the title of his recent (1997) publication “We Are All Multiculturalist Now.” Glazer’s concern about the failure of the adoption of multicultural perspectives to address the racial divisions that sustain the rising levels of economic and social deprivation among blacks in North America is clearly well intentioned. Yet by placing his explanation of the politics of multiculturalism outside the framework of philosophical discourses about the overall aims of education we are unable to assess properly the educational implications of multiculturalism.
