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Racists

Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
How can diversity eliminate intolerance, when the more diversity you have, the more people try to stick together in their own groups. This of course would eventually only harbor more intolerance for others.

Is diversity really the right answer?
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diversity = exposure to people different than you = you figuring out that skin color does make people <fill in the blank>
 
Intolerance is a result of diversity. From my understanding, if there were no diversity, there would be no intolerance. The solution to the problem can't be the problem itself.
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
This has the potential to be the flame bait thread of the year reward
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nothing like baiting you flame bait with fallacious assumptions...
 
Originally posted by: sm8000
You already have homework?
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Actually we were assigned a paper on the topic of Diversity for AP English over the summer. I've decided to just get started now, a week before school.

But when I started thinking on intolerance and diversity, there really is no right answer.

A lack of diversity makes it easier for people to create stereotypes that are almost most certainly wrong.

But an increase in diversity only creates resentment and people will naturally try to find their own group to stay with.

Both options just create problems.
 
Haha good thinking. I instinctively skipped over that idea as it's just the right thing to do in 99% of the cases. Luckily there is always that 1% where the P&N could actually be entertaining/useful.
 
The proper answer is to remove diversity enitrely, with a gene-tailored virus to eliminate everyone who isn't like you.

Once there are no other races there will be no racism and we'll all live in peace and harmony.
 
Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
Haha good thinking. I instinctively skipped over that idea as it's just the right thing to do in 99% of the cases. Luckily there is always that 1% where the P&N could actually be entertaining/useful.
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You'd get a lot of info on how Mexicans are conspiring with the UFOs, Elvis and a dead squirrel to ruin the world, though.
 
how would an old wooden ship from the civil war help solve intolerance? do you mean that such a pungent reminder of the divisions that split this country would help people realize that violence is not the answer to their illogical decisions to hate others?
 
Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Intolerance is a result of diversity. From my understanding, if there were no diversity, there would be no intolerance. The solution to the problem can't be the problem itself.
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Agreed, the OP's question of "Is diversity really the answer" is inherently flawed. Diversity is an uncontrolled variable and the problem. Not everyone in this world is alike, how do you deal with it.
 
Its easy to say diversity breeds intolerance but I think there's more to it than that. I think that intolerance is rooted in old ideas that are passed down from generation to generation, cultural stereotypes that develop out of differeing economic and social standings between different races, and finally a general fear or dislike of the unfamiliar.

It is relatively easy to say that only way to root out intolerance is to completely eliminate diversity, but that's impossible in our world and will be for a long time. But in the current world there are plenty of people who are tolerant. I think that to actually become tolerant one HAS to live in a diverse area and actually meet people from varying races. Without that experience I think everyone would be a little bit racist.

However, what can make one man tolerant and his next door neighbor racist is often beyond me. You'd think they would share a similar outlook but where you live only plays a small part. Feels on race probably come from a combination of upbringing, societal influences, and real world experiences that correspond to the other two things.
 
Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
How can diversity eliminate intolerance, when the more diversity you have, the more people try to stick together in their own groups. This of course would eventually only harbor more intolerance for others.

Is diversity really the right answer?
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This is what the Diversity Industry© encourages. If we all mingled together they could not continue to make a living fomenting hate and discontent.
 
Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
How can diversity eliminate intolerance, when the more diversity you have, the more people try to stick together in their own groups. This of course would eventually only harbor more intolerance for others.

Is diversity really the right answer?
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I have three words for that: 'separate but equal'.
 
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