Yet such reductionism lies behind one of today’s dominant concepts, multiculturalism, according to which one of our identities must prevail above all others, serving as the sole criterion for organizing society into distinct groups.
然而这种降格的背后是当今盛行的一种观念，即多元文化。根据这种观念，我们的某种身份必然盖过所有其他身份，作为把社会分化成各不相同的团体的首要标准。