[Ted Grant]

I was at a diversity training session at work and the person running the event was going through bullet points about how diversity makes for a strong company and economy.

In fact, I think there’s some truth in that but it’s wildly overstated.

So I asked about a slide earlier in the presentation that showed China and India with rapidly growing economies (this was several years ago). I asked if racial diversity is an essential strength, why were countries with significantly less racial diversity doing so much better than countries with more racial diversity.
The wide eyed, stunned look I got back made it all worthwhile.

[grania]

I asked if racial diversity is an essential strength, why were countries with significantly less racial diversity doing so much better than countries with more racial diversity"

YES !!! I LOVE IT when audiences ask those questions that knock robo-speakers off of their pedestals.

I was at a HS teacher's meeting where the principal said she was going to have parent-child-community leader sensitivity meetings to curb violence. I raised my had and asked why she didn't just call the police gang unit to arrest and jail the perpetrators, since a "gang" of juveniles here is legally three or more commiting illegal acts. She said she didn't know that!

[Diapason]

“So I asked about a slide earlier in the presentation that showed China and India with rapidly growing economies (this was several years ago). I asked if racial diversity is an essential strength, why were countries with significantly less racial diversity doing so much better than countries with more racial diversity.”

We have the same problem in South Africa. Lots of diversity training, little productivity.