Take the -ism and Shove It!!!

I don't even know where to start. 

I guess, going back to what I said in class on Tuesday, multiculturalism, in my opinion, is something that, while well intended, is a tool poorly used in the classroom. Far too often, teachers teach a unit on "music of the world" or "music from latin america/africa", but what happens beyond that unit? sad to say, nothing. This is because music from different cultures cannot be isolated into sections, but must be incorporated into the music classroom everyday. Even then, I don't believe this to be multiculturalism, because, as of right now, I do not feel that multiculturalism is something that can be taught in a classroom. It is a tool of the class. Educators can teach in a multicultural manner, but cannot actually teach multiculturalism. I think that's where we drop the ball. I also feel that this topic is too magnified in the classroom to a point where it hinders itself. It loses it's steam. And who decided that multiculturalism was such a hot button issue?! I'm willing to say it was the "majority" white, middle-class, upstanding citizens. To me, this seems like working at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving. Yes, there are very good intentions, but what are we doing beyond that one day to promote hunger awareness? Oh, we just go to dinner parties and restaurants and go grocery shopping and throw away whatever we don't feel like eating. What a luxury. In many ways, I feel this is what multiculturalism has become. Something we say we're for- teaching to show equality and fairness to the poor, suffering minority- but in actuality we do not embrace it beyond the 40 minutes we teach it. Let's be real. And until we fully embrace it, why teach it. We're a bunch of hypocrites. 

thoughts?