The United States is changing - and with these changes we will need to adjust our definitions of group identity, our relationships and our goals for a multicultural society. For the past several years, the National MultiCultural Institute has been getting visitors from all over the world. They come from such countries as Russia, Israel, Canada, Sweden, Australia, Singapore, China and France. They typically come with questions about how the U.S. is experiencing its diversity, and stories of the growing multiculturalism in their own countries. Many of our large corporations and federal agencies have initiated diversity training programs.
More office holders are representative of their constituencies.
More schools and educational systems are taking steps to recognize their diverse student bodies, and the media looks somewhat more diverse. I will touch on 2 areas that I think are going to be important in the future. First, some of the critical choices that whites, as the majority in this country, will have to make over the next decades. And second, is a look at how some other countries are dealing with the growing multiculturalism within their own societies. I start with whites or European Americans because we are going to have to make major changes and choices in this new century.