Instead, she compared the United States to a tossed salad in which each tomato or lettuce leaf retains its own identity, but works together with the other vegetables to form a tasty salad. In order for the salad theory to succeed, though, Americans need to celebrate each other's differences and work together to eradicate racism, she said.
Racism is everybody's business.
We all need to do something. Kan. She spoke of the need for diversity in schools and other organizations which strive to be more efficient, productive and creative. Montano described several levels of competency on the road to becoming culturally proficient. First are those who destroy another culture, either deliberately or unintentionally, she said. Next are those who are blind, believing cultural differences shouldn't matter if everyone is American.