Culture
What We Get Wrong About Diversity
For the past several years, "diversity" has been quite the buzz word. By "diversity" we often mean making sure there is a "token" person of color or that a traditionally male sphere is now inhabited by women.
By Ellie Holt3 min read
The diversity agenda has its roots in promoting multi-culturalism, breaking down segregation, and fostering equity. And this isn't wrong. Yet, in this scramble to make sure every college engineering program has more women, and that African-American children are as equally accounted for in flute lessons as white children, we miss a huge and valuable component of diversity, which is that equality doesn't equate to sameness.