Posted on 07/10/2007 7:41:12 AM PDT by shortstop
Few words have been more popular in recent years than "diversity."
And few concepts have been more destructive.
Destructive of our social fabric, destructive of our moral well-being, destructive of our ability to make judgements.
In schools, non-profits and government programs across the nation, diversity has been held up as a great and noble prize. Some objective to be fought for and given prominence. It has become the top priority in institutions from colleges to corporations.
And it has become a philosphy handed down like the word of god from the pulpits of education, business and government.
And yet it is a bunch of crap.
It is not a panacea, it is a poison.
It is the latest ax wielded to bring down American heritage and values. In the name of brotherhood, justice and tolerance, it fosters enmity, inequity and chauvinism.
And that's not the worst part.
The worst part is the moral relativism which is inherent in it. A moral relativism that poses a great danger to our individual and social health and stability.
The foundation of the diversity movement is an almost shamanistic belief that it is good in and of itself. That diversity must be sought and advanced and that's that. It's like a magical thing. College presidents in their exit interviews with reporters boast of increased diversity while ignoring educational outcome. Businesses brag about having a diverse workforce at the same time they lose money.
Diversity has become an end in itself, instead of a means to another end.
And that's no good.
Because diversity for diversity's sake is a recipe for disaster.
The goal is not to be diverse, the goal is to be one. The goal is not to be rewarded for differences, but to be enabled by commonalities. At church, in school, on the job, people become better and more successful when they identify as a team instead of as individuals.
Particularly individuals who are highlighted by their contrasts.
Our society is drawn together when we see ourselves as Americans, not as various splintered racial, linguistic, religious and lifestyle groups. People work best together -- as employees or neighbors -- when they work toward a common interest, not from a disparate background.
People with a chip on their shoulder cannot shoulder the burden of citizenship.
The diversity movement actively sows the seeds of division and conflict. It will result not in a tolerant society, but in a civil war. People do not grow closer under its tutelage, they grow further apart. People don't become sensitive to one another's interests, they become hypersensitive to one another's offenses, typically seeing them where they do not in fact exist.
Whereas Martin Luther King Jr. hoped his children would be judged by the content of their character, the diversity movement identifies and values them by the color of their skin.
Which is racist and wrong.
The harshest blow dealt by the diversity movement, however, is not to social relations, but to moral fiber. It fosters a life view which tears down values and morality. It attacks the notion of absolute truth and leads to a moral anarchy or chaos, a state where all rules are thrown out.
Diversity teaches that the mores of the majority must not be given ascendancy. That the views of one group must not be given any more respect than the views of any other group.
In fact, diversity actively promotes minority and divergent views and values. It ignores the normal to exalt the aberrant. It purposely avoids the mainstream.
It insists on a parity that does not in fact exist. And it often achieves that parity by debasing all value systems. In making sure that no morals are treated any better than any other morals, the practical impact of diversity is to abandon morals altogether.
Instead of it being a disagreement about what truth is, it leaves its followers believing that there is no truth. That there isn't right and wrong, just difference. And difference is good.
And there are no answers.
Which is false.
There are answers. There is right and wrong. Truth is absolute.
And absolute truth should be sought. Sadly, the society raised to worship diversity will never know to search for it.
Fat lot of good it's done them.
Excellent article. I stopped shopping at Home Depot because of two things, their day labor rest stops and the so-called “customer service” rep who spewed the “diversity” BS.
I have been keeping the pressure up on my company because this “diversity” BS has hit an all-time high with them. I’m sick and tired of hyphenated Americans. Either you’re one or you’re not.
My son (11 yrs. old) was relating a story to me one day after school about an “african-american” kid and I interrupted him and asked him to show me the country of “africa”. Stumped him obviously, but it just goes to show the prevalence of this brainwashing.
I avoid the “D” and “I” words at any cost, you got me to write them more times in one post than I have either said or written them in over three months. Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
SZ
A country that celebrates diversity obviously is not celebrating unity.
A country that is not united is not a country - it’s a patchwork of problems with no unified solution.
It’s a patchwork of goals with no unifying road.
E Pluribus Unum doesn’t mean “from one - many” (as one ignorant news caster proclaimed.
It means: “From Many - One”
bttt
Go to the “Weekly Standard” and read John Leo’s article on diversity (I don’t know how to post this), Bowling With Our Own. A Harvard professor has a study on how diversity is destroying America. A Harvard professor, no less!
Wasn't it Algore or John Kerry who said that?
Well, if they said it I didn’t hear it....
But I did hear it misquoted by a national news broadcaster.
Don’t ask me which one - I was so angry I was busy spitting nails.
And when she was corrected she said:
“Whatever”
Which just about sums up the entire news media.
Good one! Keep it up and fire back more!
You make a good point. From a Christian point of view, the majority can be wrong, think of the Old testament societies which God told the Israelites to completely destroy so that they wouldn't be corrupted by them.
The article is correct in most aspects, but author doesn't take the final step to say what is right and what is wrong from a perspective of absolute truth. The USA was founded on Christian morality, and the majority embraced that until the last few decades, but that is no longer the case. Now a person must be more specific about the morality that should be the standard. The majority view can't always be trusted.
I agree with you in that majority rule suppresses individual rights,which is the point I think you are making. Yet you say decisions should be based on what’s right and wrong. Who is to decide what’s right and wrong? If you think something is right and I think it’s wrong,or the converse,how would that be decided,which would prevail using what criteria?
See,diversity is important.
God have you ever struck a nerve with that. I wonder if people realize how deeply the leftist seminar industry has sunk it's fangs into the American workplace. Large companies are second only to college campuses in their PC doctrinaire Stalinist thought-control policies. It's ghastly.
TO: Employees, Peons, and Serfs at Various Locations
At Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems, we believe diversity is an invaluable corporate resource that gives us a competitive advantage. Diversity is part of our ongoing commitment to our shared values of integrity, customer-first, accountability, respect and excellence.
There is a saying in business that “what we value, we measure.” That includes things like revenue and inventory, and now at Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems, diversity and inclusion. In support of that, we are undertaking our first diversity assessment.
Experts from Guilty White Liberals (GWL) will visit several Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems facilities this month to gather information that will help us better understand what diversity at Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems really means. As they travel around Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems facilities, GWL representatives will interview randomly selected employees. These interviews are an opportunity to explore how well employees feel we are achieving our equal opportunity and diversity objectives.
The interview questions will align closely with some of the topics in the employee opinion survey: the work environment, equity of opportunity, relations between various groups, management’s ability to manage diversity, diversity training offered, diversity councils (where applicable), management commitment to diversity and inclusion, policy/process regarding discrimination and/or harassment, and level of comfort in speaking up about issues.
If you are selected to be interviewed, the interview will last up to an hour and the information provided will be kept confidential - your comments will not be attributed to you, but rather will be used in the overall analysis of Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems employee views.
We very much value your candid and honest input to this process and believe that employee comments will be a critical part of the assessment and recommendations for enhancement. Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems is committed to equal opportunity, diversity, fairness, and inclusion in the workplace, and by meeting with GWL, you will play your part in helping us achieve those goals.
The corporate diversity counseling group at GWL has extensive experience helping Fortune 500 companies, including such companies as General Motors, Coca-Cola, Texaco, Boeing and Eastman Kodak, to achieve their diversity goals. Unfortunately, some of these companies called upon GWL to help them resolve problems after they received negative, national attention. Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems is undertaking this assessment proactively, for reasons outlined below.
This diversity assessment is part of the natural progression of diversity work at Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems. Since 2001, we’ve accomplished quite a lot. We have diversity councils in four locations. We know what Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems looks like in terms of representation of various groups. Diversity is integrated into the business scorecard, and we are 100% in compliance with Affirmative Action planning process.
Locations were chosen primarily to help us reach a broad cross-section of employees. We chose specific locations to ensure that all business units and types of facilities are represented, as well as to maximize coverage of locations with the most diverse populations.
We will use the diversity assessment:
· As a comprehensive baseline for our diversity strategy
· To refine our approach to ongoing initiatives
· To understand how people really perceive diversity at Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems
· To reinforce what we are doing well
· As a road map to minimize weaknesses, risks and problems
Thank you in advance for your support of this initiative.
The Pointy Haired Boss, COO, Yoyodyne Medical Information Systems Provider Technologies
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 22, 1999
Soviet America
Britain and America are two of the most tolerant societies in history, having demonstrated that tolerance by welcoming refugees and immigrants from all parts of the world and then turning them into British and American citizens by inducting them into the national community.
These immigrants learned our language and adopted our history as their own. Such cultural inclusion is, in fact, the only way to achieve a successful multi-ethnic society. . . .
The concept of multiculturalism threatens to unravel all that good work. Here is a genuinely utopian enterprise, more utopian indeed than the Tower of Babel. . . . The U.S. is moving toward a system in which the government presides over a number of different social groups, some of which have their own language and type of education.
This approach undermines social unity and allows construction of a multicultural society, which is the very opposite of America’s previous practice. The government aims to supervise these different groups and keep the peace by redistributing income from one to another.
Thus the utopia of multiculturalism involves a bureaucratic class presiding over a nation divided into a variety of ethnic nationalities. That, of course, looks awfully like the old Soviet Union. Such a system cannot work, and its failure is likely to inflict great damage on the people, their traditions, and their liberties.”
— Lady Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, writing on “Resisting the Utopian Impulse” in the spring issue of American Outlook
Iron Maggie was truly a wonderful woman, and we'll not see the likes of her soon (if ever).
Unfortunately, people like her who have the courage to speak the truth will fail to resonate with the people of a culture that has become afraid of the truth.
She had wisdom.
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