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Aren't people from other countries more likely to be diverse in terms of education, worldview, language, technical background, and even race than American-born
by nickff 6y ago
Aren't people from other countries more likely to be diverse in terms of education, worldview, language, technical background, and even race than American-born people?
I understand that H1B visas may depress the wages of skilled Americans, perhaps with a disproportionately negative impact on some minorities, but that's not quite the same as 'holding back diversity'.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago"Diversity" is one of those terms that have diverged from its etymological roots. In modern American usage, an organization has diversity if it has lots of people who are diverse, and a person is diverse if they're black, Hispanic, or female. When someone wants to talk about other kinds of diversity, they'll say something like "let's find people who speak other languages" or "let's welcome people from nontraditional backgrounds" to avoid confusion.
- taneq 6y agoIn this context 'diversity' actually means 'people of a protected class'. I've seen people refer to a team of 10 African-American women as '100% diverse'.