Written 2005-08-23
[The following was added as a footnote to a forwarded publication authored by someone else on the topic of “Diversity.”}
The problem is that the left is mistaken about the nature of ‘diversity’. They believe it is X% white, Y% Latino, Z% black, etc. That’s not diversity, that’s homogeneity.
Diversity is China Town and the East Village, Grosse Pointe and Watts, Little Havana and Little Italy, Korea Town and Little Saigon.
Left to ourselves, Diversity Happens. But diversity is not the true goal of leftists; they want homogeneity. As with milk, they don’t want the cream to rise to the top — that’s not ‘equal’ — not ‘fair’. True diversity is not acceptable to leftists as it means there will be differences.
As much as liberals say that differences don’t matter (we’re all the same, don’t you know), even while they insist that superficial differences be recognized, even exalted (skin color, for example), they really don’t tolerate differences well. Differences of opinion don’t sit well with them. Neither do differences in wealth, social standing, intelligence or political leanings. They are forever trying to eradicate these differences, to eliminate true diversity.
The truth is, liberals abhor diversity and want all of us to be just like them. They are unhappy that the Great Melting Pot becomes stratified and so they ‘stir the pot’ at every opportunity, agitating the populace, setting us one against the other in the name of ‘diversity’, all the while seeking homogeneity. What else would you expect from persons passing themselves off as ‘liberal’ while being some of the most illiberal people around?