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• Diversity and networks (Score:2)

  by lachoy (1663)

  I hate to post and run (I have to drive to a funeral and won't be back until Sunday), but what the heck.

  First, I don't come down solidly on one side of this issue or the other. It's far too complicated. Sufficiently complicated that I haven't really sorted out all my thoughts on it either, so forgive any jumbled ideas below.

  Unlike pudge I think the goal of diversity in a student body is a laudable one. It's the reason we don't just use standardized tests and grades to admit students. (Not even mentionin
  • Re:Diversity and networks (Score:2)

    by pudge (1)

    I never said the goal of diversity is not a good one; I said that the goal of racial diversity is an empty one, because racial diversity is far from a guarantee of the divertsity that really matters, which is diversity of thought, of culture, of creed. If all the black people there are rich suburbanites, how is that diverse, in any significant way? The point is that, for the sake of diversity, this school is saying "we would rather accept a black student that is just like everyone else than a white studen
    • Re: Diversity and understanding (Score:2)

      by jjohn (22) on 2003.01.18 17:00 (#16142) Homepage Journal

      Unlike chemical compounds, throwing different groups of people together in college doesn't mean they'll have any better understanding of each other. Integration (not just racial) is a hard thing. It appears that xenophobia and territorialism are deeply bred into us. However, all hope is not lost for diversity. Simply group students together aboard a renegade prison ship, like Farscape's Moya [savefarscape.com] and watch the culture misunderstandings melt away as those nasty, jack-booted thug Peacekeepers dog their every step. Add liberal helpings of leather clothing and slutty aliens as needed. Bake for four to five years.

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      • Re: Diversity and understanding (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        And then wait for The Man to shut it down!