They usually crumple. Crumpled Christians are a common sight twisted and blown about on most secular campuses. One line of attack has come from increasingly overused features of multiculturalism. Like any outlook, multiculturalism has its selected decent insights, sickening extremes, and infighting. A claim common to several prominent expressions of multiculturalism is the view that no one cultural outlook or worldview is true or even superior to any other.
All views are equal.
A second and related argument is an appeal to practicalityadopting a multicultural perspective will enable us to better understand and thus solve the problems of poverty and oppression throughout world. In other words, political institutions should supply participants with the requisite education and resources. Three problems with this approach spring to mind. First, claims of philosophical neutrality and tolerance always mask deep ideological commitments. Valadez, for example, assumes numerous absolute ethical norms throughout his discussion.