Why do multicultural GLOs/organizations exist?

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by diane8284
i think i am confused by what you mean by multicultural, and how we are discussing cultural? i guess what i see it as is that there are multicultural glos, however, they all represent one culture only (either african american, latino, asian, etc).

"multicultural glos, however, they all represent one culture only" is a contradiction, don't you think? I am the first to say that ALL glos are multicultural because they are composed of many different cultures and sub-cultures. My point is that a multicultural glo's mission statement includes the intention to bring together many different cultures and sub-cultures. Asian-interest, African-American-interest, Latin-interest are cultural interest orgs, so I can understand why, to the outside, they might look cliquey since so many members are from the "same culture." But, the entire point of multicultural glos is to avoid that. (Let me also say that I disagree that cultural interest glos particularly breed cliquiness.)

also, the mission statements of most MGLOs is to unify people of the same culture while expanding the interest and knowledge of others regarding their culture.

Again, the truth is just the opposite. Multicultural organizations attempt to unify ALL cultures. Cultural interest organizations "unify people of the same culture while expanding the interest and knowledge of others regarding their culture."

in the real world, we are put into environments filled with people of all races and cultures, and MGLOs do not prepare people for that situation.

Thus why multicultural orgs are becoming so popular.

**From what you have written, I'm afraid that 1) you are buying into the "white glo" myth and 2) you are saying that caucasians are not multicultural.