{"id":748,"date":"2009-03-25T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/25\/seven-contradictions-of-diversity\/"},"modified":"2009-03-23T21:01:52","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T04:01:52","slug":"seven-contradictions-of-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/25\/seven-contradictions-of-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Contradictions of Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the traditions of Six Contradictions of Marxism<\/a>, I present Seven Contradictions of Diversity, because Marxism was invented by dead white men, and what’s so special about the number “six”?  Herewith:<\/p>\n

Seven Contradictions of Diversity<\/p>\n

*  Your college has an Office of Diversity — yet it isn’t diverse enough<\/p>\n

*  It isn’t diverse enough —  yet it celebrates diversity constantly<\/p>\n

*  It celebrates diversity constantly —  yet faculty of color are oppressed<\/p>\n

*  Faculty of color are oppressed  —  yet they are constantly invited to speak their mind<\/p>\n

*  They are constantly invited to speak their mind  —  yet they are marginalized and ignored<\/p>\n

*  They are marginalized and ignored —  yet many are hired as faculty and promoted to important administrative positions to develop “diversity weeks”, “diversity courses”, and “faculty diversity committees” in order to promote people of color. <\/p>\n

*  They attain unprecedented political clout focused on a single issue —  yet they’re still “speaking truth to power”<\/p>\n

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