我想你已经清楚地意识到，现在对于多元文化的理论已进入教育领域，甚至是学龄前阶段。所以，放眼望去，早教人士也在不断地引导小宝宝进行多元文化的活动。但不幸的是，当我问这些人，究竟希望让孩子们学到什么时，他们却两眼放空没了思路。他们可能希望教导宽容和接受，但事实上是为了教而教，并没有理清教学的目的。
As I’m sure you are well aware, there currently is an enormous emphasis on “multiculturalism” in education, even at the preschool level. Consequently, everywhere you look, early educators are conducting “multicultural” activities for young children. Unfortunately, when I ask these people what they hope the children will learn as a result, I’m typically met with blank stares. They may mumble something about teaching “tolerance” or “acceptance,” but the fact is that they are engaging in “exposure” without a clear educational purpose.
我妈妈曾经在纽约市教授家政学，她教多元文化课程时，这个理念还远远没有现在这么流行。她以美味营养为切入点，比如裹在面里的蛋白质，然后我们游历各国去寻找……
在法国就是法式薄绉
到了犹太区就是犹太卷饼
在墨西哥就是玉米煎饼
然后我们就来到了美食之国——中国，在这里有个叫春卷的食物
当我妈妈的学生举出更多美味的世界料理时，她知道他们已经领悟到了一个重要的观点：“不同”并不需要比出优劣，“平等”也不意味着相同。
My mother taught home economics in the New York City schools, and she was conducting lessons in multiculturalism long before the concept became popular. She would take something that was standard nutritional fare, such as a protein wrapped in a starch, and parade it around the world. It would start as a French crepe, then become a Jewish blintz, then a Mexican burrito, then a Chinese egg roll, and so on. While her students were sampling the variety of delicious dishes, she was making sure they learned an extremely important principle: “different” does not necessarily mean “better” or “worse” and “equal” doesn’t necessarily mean “the same.”
对于我来说，这个理论就是多元文化的核心所在，但这很难从我曾经看到的多元文化活动中洞察到。这也就是我为什么如此高兴的把悦宝园的“环球美食家”活动推荐给大家的原因。这个课程不但给宝宝们带来极大的乐趣，而且深具教育意义，以我妈妈之见，这让多元文化意义深远。
To me, that principle is the essence of multiculturalism, and yet it is difficult to detect in most multicultural activities I’ve witnessed. That is why I’m so glad that Romp n’ Roll has introduced “Chef Rompy Around the World.” It is a class that is not only enormously enjoyable for the children but highly educational as well because, in the tradition of my mother, it makes multiculturalism truly meaningful.
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