Friday, September 11, 2009
What do I think about diversity?
Diversity, as it relates to America, carries the weight of an immense double standard on it's back. It's glorified in a sense that has the opportunity to experience any culture, at any time at their local festival or movie theatre; but on the other side of the coin, it can also be constantly taken for granted when an employer or event coordinator for such events refuse to hire too many minorities. Instead they opt for the latter and hire just enough to keep the government from breathing down their necks. So even as America has enhanced by people from all cultures, walks, and ethnicities, she refuses to accept the fact that she was built on the blood, sweat, and strength of multicultural ancestry. No matter how much her European born "founders" try to westernize the values and belief systems into the man-made watch dog we know as society, the rich and everlasting dynamics of as people from far and near have marked her territory and embedded their own contribution in her very soil. The voices of the past and their reflection on today's norms permeate the atmosphere every time a group of African-American, Chinese-American, and Native-American kids can patronize a prestigious private school, and stand to learn the importance of team work; not only is America diversified, but the majority of her inhabitants enjoy every moment of it, whether they like it or not.
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