How can we use Postcolonialism in Multicultural American Literature?

I can see
how the accepted ideas of what defines Postcolonial literature can be included in a study of
Multicultural American Literature.  The struggle for voice and validation in Multicultural
American Literature can be found in Postcolonial literature.  Both modes of narrative expression
seek to bring voice to one's experience.  They both seek to validate the condition of being
that...