In Henry Lewis Gates' article, The Debate Has Been Miscast from the Start, he reveals the benefits of having multiculturalism in the curriculum of American schools. He would argue that to create true diversity and understanding of cultural differences, the nation must provide its students with a wide range of opportunities to understand other cultures besides their own. Peggy McIntosh faces a similar situation when she considers how she was taught about diversity in schools as a child. He claims that the dominance of the white race is supported unconsciously. She also describes how she did not receive the right kind of education that taught her how to be aware of racism and how to be aware of her privileges as a white person. McIntosh wants to change the way students are taught about racism, and the best way to achieve this is for schools to incorporate multiculturalism into the curriculum. If this were accomplished, future generations would have the ability to be aware of cultural differences and would be less likely to be perpetrators of color-blind racism. Most people are often unaware or misinformed of many situations that affect them in their daily lives. Some of these issues might include the topics the authors mention: multiculturalism or white privilege. Gates explains that “the debate [over multiculturalism] was misconceived from the beginning [and] might be worth clarifying” (26). Gates addresses opposition to multiculturalism by stating that the topic they might initially have viewed as negative, may actually be the key to achieving true ethnic diversity. He states that if people continue to believe that multiculturalism is just a way to boost the self-esteem of minorities, then it will continue to create a problematic situation where different ethnicities constantly clash because people fear what they don't understand. McIntosh reveals a great example of this dismissive nature of understanding cultural diversity. He states that he believes that “white people are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege” (1). Gates is able to shed light on McIntosh's statement because the misunderstanding of cultural diversity and the idea of ​​white privilege are intrinsically linked. If people are not taught to respect other ethnicities and their traditions, it creates the idea that the culture being taught – in this case the white one – is the dominant one. McIntosh says this is an unconscious effort, and I would have to agree.