Hire and assign an appropriate balance of minority faculty and staff to act as role-models and provide an adequate base of authority for policies and discipline. It is unnecessary to force a choice between integration of schools and the preservation of ethnic identity. Hispanics, blacks, and whites also work on Spanish and receive a positive message of its cultural value through drama and creative writing. Of comparable importance are the programs, such as those offered by magnet schools, that encourage minorities to choose fields of math, science, and computer technology. Glenn believes that a misunderstanding about the meaning of ethnicity and culture accounts for the reluctance of some educators to risk tampering with ethnic heritage.
Ethnicity has to do with generational heritage and history.
Culture, on the other hand, is the ideas, customs, and art of a people's living present. Culture is not static but rather a dynamic context for social life that all people have a right to shape. Multicultural education must distinguish between culture and ethnicity if it is to preserve minorities' ethnic identities while freeing them to participate fully in shaping the culture of society. Cultural relativity is the logical outcome. In this view, equal value is posited for all cultural and religious expressions.