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Diversity is our strength is a patently foolish statement

Posted on: December 27, 2018 at 14:58:05 CT
4TigersinMichigan MU
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No one can quantify the organizational benefits of diversity outside of some emotional do-gooder pride. Otherwise, companies would just ignore talent and capability and fill their organization with the most diverse people they can find.
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I had a discussion about race recently and a friend asked: - hokie VT - 12/27 14:36:59
     This isn't believable. - tigerdb MU - 12/27 16:45:05
     Libs not only understand little about issues, they don't - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:33:48
     You're consumed by race... - mizzoumurfkc KC - 12/27 14:48:03
          The democrat party is built on it. nm. - MUTGR MU - 12/27 15:51:35
          So if he didn't talk about it any more than you do, he - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:35:52
               Pointing out that hok and tggggr and - mizzoumurfkc KC - 12/27 15:47:37
                    Another total non-answer. How far in school did you go?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:53:12
          Lame. Stupid. Adolescent. Knee jerk. Typical. nm - hokie VT - 12/27 14:52:31
               Exactly...your posts are - mizzoumurfkc KC - 12/27 14:59:13
                    In other words, "I know you are but what am i." Clever, if - hokie VT - 12/27 15:04:55
               You can only be consumed by racial issues if you follow - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 14:53:52
                    Nobody does sanctimony like Jackie Ch errrr 4Tigs (nm) - JG A - 12/27 14:58:50
                         Hmm. Our own little TC jumps in to defend a liberal. Again.. - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:37:34
                              LOL you never once seem to get the idea - JG A - 12/27 16:13:09
               you are obsessed with race - pickle MU - 12/27 14:53:42
     Why can't one have both - meatiger MU - 12/27 14:47:49
          Who EVER said it was? I'll wait.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:38:19
               RE: Who EVER said it was? I'll wait.(nm) - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:41:36
                    That is no answer to my question. Also his comment is - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:51:15
                         RE: That is no answer to my question. Also his comment is - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:53:02
                              It is if what YOU recommend is true, which is that - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:58:36
                                   RE: It is if what YOU recommend is true, which is that - meatiger MU - 12/27 16:02:37
                                        Yes, but you suggested diversity has value. It can't hurt - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 16:40:09
          diversity for the sake of diversity or diversity because - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 14:55:00
               College diversity is a myth, and pure bullshyte. - RHAYWORTH MU - 12/27 15:08:43
                    do you want a family member operated on by someone - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:11:16
                         I stated the same exact thing. I agree. - RHAYWORTH MU - 12/27 15:46:39
                         Here's another insensitive or racist question. If you see - hokie VT - 12/27 15:16:33
                              Not a racist - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:40:32
                                   No....i asked if you think just maybe, the black guy who's - hokie VT - 12/27 15:55:47
                                        I have had a number of operations - meatiger MU - 12/27 16:01:15
                                             You are willfully not listening.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 16:41:08
               A bit of both, - meatiger MU - 12/27 14:57:21
                    what are you trying to say here? The question is - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:10:00
                         I see nothing about morality in it - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:14:06
                              That has NOTHING to do with diversity today. Try getting - hokie VT - 12/27 15:18:42
                                   RE: That has NOTHING to do with diversity today. Try getting - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:23:03
                                        That misses or rather evades the point. It exists. You - hokie VT - 12/27 15:25:08
                                             RE: That misses or rather evades the point. It exists. You - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:26:32
                                                  We are not debating WHETHER YOU CARE. We are - hokie VT - 12/27 15:30:33
                                                  your employer does it. your kids' potential grad schools - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:28:48
                              but how do you know people of the same "color" or gender - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:15:45
                                   RE: but how do you know people of the same "color" or gender - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:19:54
                                        what measure are you talking about and how are you - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:26:32
                                             I assume you mean defining - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:29:01
          What is the benefit of diversity? Seriously? Be careful, - hokie VT - 12/27 14:53:24
               Um, um, um, gee Humanity. Pretty diverse lot(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 12/27 15:43:45
                    Good point. See someone about that stuttering. nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:59:04
               Diversity is our strength is a patently foolish statement - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 14:58:05
                    Why is it all of none? - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:00:33
                         It isn’t all or none - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 15:01:57
                              RE: It isn’t all or none - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:03:26
                                   Because diversity in and of itself really brings little - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 15:06:06
                                        So if you have three people reporting to you - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:08:11
                                             you just made a quantum leap. why do people with - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:12:43
                                                  RE: you just made a quantum leap. why do people with - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:16:14
                                                       how is diversity managed, meat? gender, age, race (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:17:32
                                                            I would not manage diversity on a physcial attribute - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:21:10
                                                                 then what in the hell point are you making here? Colleges - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:27:48
                                                                      RE: then what in the hell point are you making here? Colleges - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:37:28
                                                                           you've taken no position and said nothing this entire - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 20:41:10
                                             It may bring some benefit, but I would proffer a much - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 15:10:44
                                             Different how...color? nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:09:42
                                                  I don't care how - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:11:06
                                                       so hire a tall and short person or a fat and skinny person a - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:13:54
                                                       So all straight white males but "different." OK with you? nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:13:36
                                                            Sure - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:18:39
                                                                 Huh. So diversity requires more than straight white - hokie VT - 12/27 15:20:58
                                                                      I never said "requires" - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:24:33
                                                                           groups and backgrounds? like? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:30:01
                                                                           Diversity, as in racial diversity...? nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:25:57
                                        You're arguing with someone who called you stupid. Imagine - hokie VT - 12/27 15:07:50
               Fairly simple - meatiger MU - 12/27 14:56:34
                    You can, and DO, get that with NO diversity of race.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/27 15:46:37
                    all people of the same race, gender, age, have the same - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:14:28
                    But how are those different opinions, experienced etc, tied - hokie VT - 12/27 15:03:48
                         Whre did I mention race? - meatiger MU - 12/27 15:10:31
                              You're saying that the diversity initiative and requirements - hokie VT - 12/27 15:22:04
                         they aren't tied to race(nm) - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:07:38
                              But the requirement for diversity is. Why is that? nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:08:41
                                   whose requirement? - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:09:46
                                        stop being dishonest (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/27 15:16:17
                                             I'm not(nm) - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:21:44
                                        Please. Colleges, government, companies everywhere. I - hokie VT - 12/27 15:12:10
                                             The root of it is building teams with diverse talents - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:21:31
                                                  Why do libs do this? I don't think you're stupid, but you - hokie VT - 12/27 15:24:10
                                                       My department (only 6 people) is all white - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:26:39
                                                            Wow, we are not arguing how your little group of six works. - hokie VT - 12/27 15:35:17
                                                                 You and I are more in agreement than you think - cnk ATL - 12/27 15:45:49
                                                                      As others have done, you are arguing correctly, what - hokie VT - 12/27 15:58:27
                                                                           "what should be, isn't"...thanks to government(nm) - cnk ATL - 12/27 16:04:00
          You can and should have both - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 14:50:06
     Socialists, idiots, and small children talk about race - pickle MU - 12/27 14:46:50
          He must be a democrat then - mu7176grad MU - 12/27 14:55:48
               do you even read posts? (nm) - pickle MU - 12/27 15:07:41
     He probably assumed it because every thread you start - Mormad MU - 12/27 14:46:27
          I do think about race a lot. I said earlier that race is - hokie VT - 12/27 14:51:27
               I doubt that the answer is any one thing - Mormad MU - 12/27 15:30:08
                    Your last sentence states what should be. My posts tend to - hokie VT - 12/27 15:36:57
                         lmfao (nm) - pickle MU - 12/27 15:46:20
               Socialists, idiots, and small children talk about race - pickle MU - 12/27 14:55:07
                    LOL BAM - JG A - 12/27 14:56:56
                         My god, you've become a cheeleader for the pickle. nm - hokie VT - 12/27 14:58:47
                              yEAH Jesus you get more estupid all the time* - JG A - 12/27 14:59:42
                                   No, actually i've been this stupid for a while now. nm - hokie VT - 12/27 15:05:54
          Down on the Bingo Farm - JG A - 12/27 14:46:57
     So you buy into that “content of their character” jive? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 12/27 14:44:22
     Does the campus have enough Chinese restaurants - Newcatbirdseat MU - 12/27 14:40:50
          the issue would be are there enough Dance Dance revolution - tigerinhogtown STL - 12/27 14:42:52
     Not to put too fine a point on it - JG A - 12/27 14:39:16
          Still waiting for you to make a fine point about, anything. - hokie VT - 12/27 14:42:40
               RE: Still waiting for you to make a fine point about, anything. - JG A - 12/27 14:43:28
                    My post wasn't racist, i must be slipping. But to be sure, - hokie VT - 12/27 14:46:46
                         Vile for sure - JG A - 12/27 14:48:25
          It's racist to prefer merit based, over skin tone, religion? - RHAYWORTH MU - 12/27 14:41:59
               The vet school was having accreditation problems around that - Alferd Packer MU - 12/27 14:54:40
                    LOL the shiite you lie about - JG A - 12/27 14:57:42
               That was one of the rare times - JG A - 12/27 14:43:00




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