Black and White May Make a Rainbow: Cultural Creativity From Opposites

Abstract

This article reports on a narrative inquiry with two teacher-researchers of opposite ethnic, social class, and gender backgrounds about how their oppositions became an asset for their multicultural education. The study calls for educators to consider cultural creativity as a pertinent feature of multicultural education in today's polarized culture.

Notes

¹All names are pseudonyms.

² Laozi here refers to the author of Daode jing . In the West, both the scripture and the author have been translated in various ways, such as Tao Te Ching for the scripture, and Lao Tzu (1990) for the author. Keeping with the latest development in the field represented in the Daoism Handbook (2004), I use Daode jing and Laozi in this book, except in references.

³ Zhuangzi here refers to the author of Zhaungzi In English, both the scripture and the author have been translated in various ways, such as Chuang Tzu (1994). Keeping with the latest development in the field represented in the Daoism Handbook (2004), I use Zhuangzi in this book, except in references.