Multiculturalism’s concept of culture was impoverished and innocent of class

Evidence

It is encapsulated, usefully, by Richard Hatcher’s observation that while “culture is the central concept around which [this] multiculturalism is constructed, the concept is given only a taken-for-granted common sense meaning, impoverished both theoretically and in terms of concrete lived experience. It is a concept of culture innocent of class” (Hatcher, 1987:188). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 894

Categorization

• XREF: The phrase ‘concept of culture innocent of class’ resonates with Sheila Rowbotham’s concept of innocent-or-ideological constructs in feminist epistemology. — connects to: Mainstream multiculturalism fails to address racial inequality and division — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 646; Early multiculturalism treated culture as classless and apolitical — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 894; Multiculturalism backlash aims to stop epistemology from being questioned in class — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 272