In that case it would just be a superficial Band-Aid reform, not a real solution to the problem of injustice that the multicultural movement is a cry in response to. So long as the control paradigm is in place then there will be inequality, unnecessary suffering and suppression of individual human potential. Clearly, for multiculturalism to be fully and fairly integrated into the curriculum will require a change in our thinking, specifically towards a fully acknowledged program of recovery from control paradigm thinking. Because it is only when we let go of our attachment to expertise that we become capable of dialogue with those with whom we have not mastered. Dialogue can only happen among equals, not among those who cling to their expertise and exercise it over the non-experts.
Dialogue is an open-systemic means of communication for mutual, cooperative growth.
You have to be able to release attachment to your own paradigm in order to hear others whose thinking is based in a different paradigm and be willing to be changed by what you hear, to grow and evolve your own paradigm or worldview. Open dialogue is greatly feared by the control paradigm because it empowers the individual, enables people to be more independent of the group-think that the control paradigm fosters. It is the voice of democracy, which we give great lip service to but do everything we can to suppress its exercise in our families, schools and classrooms, churches, businesses, professions and government. To give dialogue a significant place in our teaching would be a revolutionary practice. It is not my aim here to provide practical suggestions on how to do it.