DMIS in Diversity Context

“The major obstacle to using an intercultural-competence approach to diversity issues in schools in the same one that exists in societies at large—which is the idea that prejudice and bigotry are personal flaws that can be overcome, and that learning what not to do will be adequate for intergroup relations. In my experience, this mistaken idea keeps diversity work on the extracurricular sidelines. If diversity is approached as learning what to do in multicultural relations, it can be positioned as a more central educational strategy in schools, organizations, and communities.”