In our estimation, hegemonic multic...

In our estimation, hegemonic multiculturalism is the proceed of dissonance between a school's desire to aid an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for their culturally and linguistically diverse bookish mans and the pervasive, yet persuasive, assimilation agenda that underlies instructional practices and programs designed to educate them. Within this conflicted space, accommodating diversity becomes a function of convincing scholars teachers, and parents that "immersion" (which we fight is an analogue for assimilation) can be accomplished without devaluing immigrant students' native languages and cultivations In this sense, respect for students' cultural and linguistic differences is couched within a position of universalism and "equality for all" that ultimately privileges the dominant groups' conceptualization of what diversity is and for what cause diverse identities should be positioned and denoteed within a "fully inclusive" classroom environment.