People choose to believe what represents the best thinking they can understand at a given time. These ideals and beliefs can be changed if one is presented new material in ways that can be understood. They must trust the person who is presenting new ideal to them and they should not be blamed for having been misinformed. Unlearning racism involves understanding the difficulties of learning to overcome prejudice attitudes. Teachers might provide opportunities to children and allow them to work through racism issues.
People can grow and change, but racism continues when people feel empowered to do anything about it.
Language Barriers Language is a huge factor in multicultural classrooms. Different dialects and foreign language both play active roles in leading to the diversity of a classroom. The question today facing multicultural education is whether or not to teach Standard English or allow students to learn their native dialect. Dialects are not inferior to Standard English, but Standard English is the national language and therefore should be taught academically. Bilingualism accounts for 2.5 million school-aged children.