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theadvancedapes  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The downside of diversity

The lead researcher mentioned that "diversity brings out the turtle in all of us". However, he made this generalized statement without backing it up with data from other countries that have experimented with multiculturalism. And then the author of the article goes on to say that diversity makes people really uncomfortable. But diversity doesn't make everyone uncomfortable, and insinuates that creating diverse communities is a mistake and has failed. What these findings should do is make people focus on how they can better educate their children about tolerance. It should also make us all re-examine our media and how we discuss diversity.

I was wrong to that they were calling for segregationist polices. But their language would allow for conservatives to use their line of reasoning to call for implementing such policies.