¶ … Generation 2nd Generation

A large percentage of school population comprises multicultural origins.

Educational equity

Perhaps educational equity is a less problem in the early generation due to a large percentage of students with same cultural and racial background.

The increasing diversity and changing demographics presses more issue on inequality among students.

Demonstrated attitudes

As seen on African-Americans, children in the early age still shows positive attitudes such liveliness and eagerness

Later generations show negative attitudes towards others such as cynism and apathy.

School dropout rate

Minimal school dropout rate

Shows an increase in the rate of school dropouts.

Social living and way of life

Due to lesser rate of cultural diversity, peoples' ways of life are not yet influenced by the culture of other races.

The present generation shows mixed culture that was influenced by other races' culture.

Early and Present Generation

The trend of the changing demographics and increasing ethnic origins in the United States is altering...

Although cultural diversity has been in the history of the United States since the early years, the increasing immigrants in the nation these days is something that one cannot simply overlooked. This is due to the changes in the different aspects of the American way of life that are influenced by the diverse cultures that enter the nation.
Since migration started in the United States long before the World War II, ethnic consciousness and culture conflict is not new in the nation. However, there are still some changes that transpired between the early times and in our present time, thus causing differences in the way the early generation and the current generation views cultural diversity.

One of the areas where the effects of cultural diversity are apparent is in the educational system of the United States. According to Section 1: Foundations of Multicultural Education,

While student composition varies widely across the country, and even within the same city or school, observation of almost any school shows that the sociocultural texture of American society is changing rapidly.

In the early generation, ethnic/racial diversity can only be found in public…