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Walt Whitman and our multicultural America

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From: The Virginia Quarterly Review
Date: 19991001
Author:Pinsker, Sanford

"This is a meal equally set.'

Multiculturalism is a spongy term that has occasioned more debate than precise definition. The title of Nathan Glazer's recent book argues that We Are All Multiculturalists Now, but how does this announcement usefully distinguish between those who would add, "And, Furthermore, We Have Always Been So" from those who find themselves uncomfortable with much that now marches under multiculturalism's very wide banner? As with most litmus test issues, the discussion too often turns into a crude version of "which side are you on?", with those supporting affirmative ...

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