1) Sleeter argues that meanings of empowerment and multicultural education have been filtered through white teachers' perspectives rather than communities of oppressed groups. 2) Gutstein sees the purpose of empowerment as liberation from oppression and critiquing society to enact change. 3) Both argue that power needs to be redistributed away from white administrators and teachers and toward students and communities of color. Multicultural education's natural constituency is students and parents of oppressed groups.