Posted on 08/15/2012 12:31:05 PM PDT by grundle
A free country of 300,000,000 people is probably going to have some "diversity" and should.
Whether or not a mix of smaller, more homogenous countries is really better, massive, homogenous countries can get stagnant and uninventive.
They can become too inwardly focused and uncompetitive, too lumbering and unresponsive to changing conditions.
A large country that aspires to lead technologically has to draw talent from a variety of sources.
I don't go in for the whole "diversity" racket, but you might consider that your indictment is exaggerated in some respects.
A large country that aspires to lead technologically has to draw talent from a variety of sources.
My comment was about striving for diversity as an objective, not as a by-product of seeking people with talent, ability, skills, etc.
Diversity as an unintended, unsought characteristic seems normal enough.
But diversity as an end goal is a foolish, meaningless notion.
To make a case for people of different backgrounds being valuable members of a community or organization because their skills or abilities are beneficial to the group, is one thing.
But to make the case that each organization or community should aspire to be diverse, to include people of different backgrounds, culture, skin color, etc, solely so it can attain diversity - well, that is something quite different.
And that is pretty much what we have today.
White racists have great reasons why whites should be officially and systematically perferred, too. She’s advocating for preferences for herself and her tribe. She’s a racist.
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