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Some Educators Are Challenging the Tokenistic Practice of Having a "Multicultural

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Some educators are challenging the tokenistic practice of having a "multicultural" week in their classroom. They maintain that exploring the dress, dance, dialect and diet of various cultures has little value and tends to just reinforce existing stereotypes of different ethnic groups, which in turn leads to the promotion of racism. Utilizing the information from this chapter and personal experiences, how would you respond to their argument?


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Liverworts

A group of non-vascular plants belonging to the phylum Marchantiophyta, often found in moist, shaded environments.

Club Mosses

Ancient plants belonging to the division Lycopodiophyta, characterized by their club-shaped reproductive structures and resemblance to mosses.

Club Mosses

Prehistoric plants from the Lycopodiophyta division, identified by their club-like reproductive organs and similarity to mosses.

Horsetails

Members of the genus Equisetum, they are non-flowering plants with a hollow, jointed stem that reproduce through spores, often found in wet environments.

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