> There is an important and different question of how diverse and accessible academia is. What I find troubling is the baggage of background assumptions that m

> There is an important and different question of how diverse and accessible academia is. What I find troubling is the baggage of background assumptions that makes this sort of value judgement possible. You have three professors, two white, one black. The two white professors, A and B, have diverging yet compelling views. The black professor C agrees with A. Which is better? Hiring A and B, or A and C? According to prevailing views of the value of diversity, the latter is preferable because of the racial diversity rule.