Diversity did not betray anyone; it is a concept, nothing more. The people pushing it, however, are another matter. In a simpler time, the goal was to assemble people with different perspectives and experiences, and some of that would accrue from their differences in race, gender, and the other check blocks. Those differences would be used in the pursuit of a common goal, and therein lies the problem. Diversity stop being a means to an end and was transformed into an end unto itself.
It now serves as affirmative action by a different name. The simple act of having representation from this group or that is all that matters. In short, diversity has made itself no more than multi-hued group think. From academia to corporate world to media, factors such as ideology or political viewpoint are left out of the equation. How ironic - a mechanism that was designed to capture and benefit from the differences among us has resulted in enforcing a stifling conformity.
Diversity did not betray anyone; it is a concept, nothing more. The people pushing it, however, are another matter. In a simpler time, the goal was to assemble people with different perspectives and experiences, and some of that would accrue from their differences in race, gender, and the other check blocks. Those differences would be used in the pursuit of a common goal, and therein lies the problem. Diversity stop being a means to an end and was transformed into an end unto itself.
It now serves as affirmative action by a different name. The simple act of having representation from this group or that is all that matters. In short, diversity has made itself no more than multi-hued group think. From academia to corporate world to media, factors such as ideology or political viewpoint are left out of the equation. How ironic - a mechanism that was designed to capture and benefit from the differences among us has resulted in enforcing a stifling conformity.