Editor’s Message: Boundaries

Beers discusses the tension between globalization—the process that unites people and business at the global level—and retribalization—the reaction to globalization that drives people to rebuild boundaries and to seek out those who share their own looks, values, and beliefs. Teachers are our most equipped force to take up the challenge of stretching boundaries and teaching language as a uniting force rather than a divisive one, and books are teachers’ most powerful tool. This issue on multicultural literature will offer ideas for which books can help open eyes and ways to help those eyes evaluate and value what they see.