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There’s infinite ways you can define diversity. Choosing to define it in the way you’re referring to (skin color, sex, sexual orientation) is just discriminatio

There’s infinite ways you can define diversity. Choosing to define it in the way you’re referring to (skin color, sex, sexual orientation) is just discrimination. Colleges should be about furthering academic knowledge and preparing our best and brightest to make the world a better place. Diversity for diversities sake harms that.

ethbr0 4y ago
Believe parent's point was that "spend[ing] that time surrounded by diverse and interesting people" is an effective way of "preparing our best and brightest to make the world a better place".
- thegrimmest 4y ago
  But since when is superficial appearance the primary measure of "diversity"?
  - ethbr0 4y ago
    "Skin color, sex, sexual orientation" all drastically impact an individual's experience in our world. Therefore, having interactions with someone with different varieties thereof increases the diversity of ones experience.
    - thegrimmest 4y ago
      More so than economic, cultural, geographic or domestic factors? Do you have a citation?
      - ethbr0 4y ago
        Sure, if you can give me ones supporting your preferred measures.
britch 4y ago
It sounds simple, but it's difficult to do Who are the best and brightest? How do you determine that? Do the best&brightest from one community or circumstance always have the same traits as the best&brightest from another community or circumstance? My understanding is diversity initiatives attempt to address the latter part (effective or not).
- thegrimmest 4y ago
  > Do the best&brightest from one community or circumstance always have the same traits as the best&brightest from another community or circumstance? Can the answer to this question be "yes"? In the same way that the best NBA players share traits, I don't see any reason why the best physicians, engineers, etc. also wouldn't share traits across cultures/backgrounds. Going further, can't we measure these traits with outcomes of standardized testing? Given you agree these traits exist, can you propose an better alternative?

ethbr0 4y ago

Believe parent's point was that "spend[ing] that time surrounded by diverse and interesting people" is an effective way of "preparing our best and brightest to make the world a better place".

thegrimmest 4y ago
But since when is superficial appearance the primary measure of "diversity"?
- ethbr0 4y ago
  "Skin color, sex, sexual orientation" all drastically impact an individual's experience in our world. Therefore, having interactions with someone with different varieties thereof increases the diversity of ones experience.
  - thegrimmest 4y ago
    More so than economic, cultural, geographic or domestic factors? Do you have a citation?
    - ethbr0 4y ago
      Sure, if you can give me ones supporting your preferred measures.

britch 4y ago

It sounds simple, but it's difficult to do Who are the best and brightest? How do you determine that? Do the best&brightest from one community or circumstance always have the same traits as the best&brightest from another community or circumstance? My understanding is diversity initiatives attempt to address the latter part (effective or not).

thegrimmest 4y ago
> Do the best&brightest from one community or circumstance always have the same traits as the best&brightest from another community or circumstance? Can the answer to this question be "yes"? In the same way that the best NBA players share traits, I don't see any reason why the best physicians, engineers, etc. also wouldn't share traits across cultures/backgrounds. Going further, can't we measure these traits with outcomes of standardized testing? Given you agree these traits exist, can you propose an better alternative?