When this happens, people again experience the lack of freedom and labeling people only shows some are more equal than others. The idea of monoculturalism is also risky, cramming subcategories into one big group. Ambivalent about the concept of multiculturalism, Ehrenreich admits, "When advocates of multiculturalism adopt the haughty stance of political correctness, they quickly descend to silliness or worse," point being, it is irrational to think so highly of multicultural beliefs. Multiculturalism has its flaws, and inequalities of it exist regardless. .
In hook's, a writer who examined sexism and racism in America, discussion of multiculturalism, she also tries to reflect on the diversity of cultures. Toward the beginning of her paper, mentioning how her adolescent life and the lives of her peers were of racial desegregation and how that pointed to racism, makes an interesting statement, "Those of us who wanted to make racial equality a reality in every area of our life were threats to the social order. We were proud of ourselves, proud of our willingness to transgress the rules, proud to be courageous." She relates this to a friendship bond she shared with a white friend and understood that the racial differences meant there would be obstacles to climb over the "integrity" of their bonding. Realizing the social problem of race, hook and her friend Ken believed in the "vision of social transformation rooted in the fundamental belief in a radically democratic idea of freedom and justice for all," attempting to end racism and pursue their goal and their commitment to freedom. In recognizing the race, hook already had begun the initial rung on the ladder to equality. She advances further by looking into solution in order to solve her obstacle. She also recognizes society's separate systems of unequal dominations of racism, sexism, class exploitation, and imperialism and explains that the recognition of cultural diversity, change in classrooms in teaching is a "necessary revolution.