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by tpetrina 845 days ago
The simplest take is that “white people are not diverse”. So by asking for diverse group means non-white. Predominantly because diversity is _within a dominating white culture with a surplus of non-white people_. It is basically labeling and contextual issue, not intentional. Imagine asking for a diverse IT office in Zimbabve - is the adjective “diverse” the same as in San Francisco?
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> simplest take is that “white people are not diverse”. So by asking for diverse group means non-white

This redefinition of diversity—to a separate monoculture—has underwritten the failure of the movement. Politically, obviously, and I’d also argue morally.