There are many reasons to be critical of multiculturalism. In practice, it is neither “multi” nor “cultural.” Inspired primarily by ideological rancor, its partisans are always talking about “diversity,” but in fact they everywhere act to enforce strict conformity. Their “commitment to diversity” really means a commitment to a left-liberal tablet of values. Multiculturalists pretend that the traditional, Eurocentric curriculum is intellectually narrow and stifling, but it turns out that the multicultural curriculum is laughably superficial. The multicultural alternative to traditional education is little more than political posturing.

These are not arcane truths. Readers of The New Criterion have been exposed to them for years. We are gratified that the mainstream media are beginning to wake up to these elementary facts. Under the headline “Critics Say Emphasis on Diver ...

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