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To: Lando Lincoln
Amen.

Except for, say, the "liberal" arts schools or the philosophy program at the UofM, diversity is a meaningless proposition.

-Does the speed of light or speed of sound in a vacuum vary according to your skin color?
-Are the basic building blocks of the DNA molecule any different in minority communities than they are in majority communities?
-Do the principles of differential calculus depend on how wealthy or poor your parents are?
-Are the economic laws of supply and demand any different in the 'hood than they are in white-bread suburbia?
-Does "Brown vs. the Board of Education" mean anything less to whites than it does to blacks?
-Do Grignard reagents work differently in Jesse Jackson's world than they do in the real world?
-Does Oboe fingering for an F differ in Detroit and Bloomfield Hills?
-What is the airspeed of an unladen Swallow?

I could continue, but...

We're talking fundamental laws, principles, rules, methods of derivation, and the basic thought process at most of the schools at the UofM. These ideas don't depend on your race, creed, sex, religion, or wealth. A diverse classroom doesn't change the underlying lesson AT ALL.

29 posted on 03/24/2003 9:23:16 PM PST by Fredgoblu
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To: Fredgoblu
I like your angle. Coupled with mine, we could argue before the Supreme Court and remove diversity in 5 minutes. Who knows; maybe the Supremes lurk here already...
31 posted on 03/24/2003 9:26:46 PM PST by hollywood (THIS JUST IN! It turns out that I'm pro-choice. I choose revolvers.)
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