Institutionalizing Our Demise: America vs. Multiculturalism

Roger Kimball

Immediately after September 11, the country became very patriotic, but it soon faded.

Kimball argues that multiculturalism will be the demise of America. He believes the WASP ideology is fundamentally American and immigrant culture is not. He applauds immigrants who "melt" and forget their countries of origin.

"Every time you call directory assistance or some large corporation and are told, "Press One for English" and "Para espanol oprime el numero dos" it is another small setback for American identity."

He hates bilingual education, saying that it sets students up to be second-class citizens.

Kimball says America is essentially religious and Western Europe is "godless."

America was "founded on four things: ethnicity, race, ideology, and culture."

He equates multiculturalism with terrorism.