For our society to move towards a more inclusive consciousness, diversity must be explored through thought and perspective, not by race or gender.
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Diversity means a lot of different things
The US can only function as a healthy democracy if we find a way to diversify our social connections, if we find a way to weave together a strong social fabric that bridges ties across difference.
Right now, we are moving in the opposite direction with serious consequences.
Two contemporary trend lines can help us understand this.
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working.
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You don't have to read these unless you wish to, but we might touch upon them in conversation
Williams, K. Y., & O'Reilly, I. I. I. C. A. (January 01, 1998).
Demography and diversity in organizations: a review of 40 years of research.
Research in Organizational Behavior, 20, 77. Don't necessarily read it all, but glance over it to get a sense for how it looked from the middle to the end of the previous century.