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Jeb Bush argued Tuesday that the United States is "creeping toward multiculturalism" and described it as "the wrong approach."
His answer came in response to a question at an Iowa diner Tuesday from a woman who wanted to know how the former Florida governor would help refugees and immigrants integrate into U.S. society and "empower them to become Americans."
"We should not have a multicultural society," the Republican presidential candidate responded.
But Bush, who's a self-admitted policy wonk and tends to use nuanced language, was referring to "multicultural" in the literal sense -- a social model in which cultures live in "isolated pockets," as he described them, rather than assimilating into society.
He'd better learn what multicultural means - this sounds either xenophobic or just plain dumb.
Multicultural DOES NOT mean that every group lives in its own "isolated pocket". It DOES MEAN accepting and integrating other cultural values into the heterogeneous mix of what is called "American" culture. (Some would argue that that is an oxymoron.)
It also means tolerance and inclusion.
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