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>Also, what kind of diversity? It would make the most sense that diversity by social class and diversity by subcultural group would make much more sense than, s

>Also, what kind of diversity? It would make the most sense that diversity by social class and diversity by subcultural group would make much more sense than, say, having approximately equally privileged people with different skin colors all coming from the same schools. Woo, totally agreed. >Magically attributing significant qualities to people because of their race is racism. Magically attributing significant qualities to people because of highly salient surface characteristics is bigotry. Now come on... >There is usually more diversity within most such easily defined groups than there is between groups. Your comment leads me to believe that you think this is true of groupings like race but not of groupings like social class, why?

stcredzero 9y ago
Your comment leads me to believe that you think this is true of groupings like race but not of groupings like social class, why? Read carefully please. This is precisely why I made pains to mention that it's the mind which is the most powerful generator of value. Cultural influences are powerful and malleable all at the same time. How is it that Chinese immigrants on almost every continent, across hundreds of years of history, can arrive on new shores in the middle of the "poor" class, but have their grandchildren succeed? Why is it that Jewish and Italian migrants moving to almost the same parts of different cities all around the world achieve success, but in completely different industries from each other, but the same corresponding industries by ethnic group? Culture is stronger than Livelihood. Both culture and livelihood are far more significant than the amount of melanin in your skin and the shape of your eyes and nose. It's the mind that generates value and makes us human!