D & I

When I speak at anti-war rallies the audience is usually all White, when I speak at immigration rallies the audience is usually all Brown… Global warming, usually White, police brutality, usually Black, and so on. The progressive movement is segregated, and race is the tripwire that prevents us from coming together. Not only do I find this to be very discouraging, it is self-defeating.

Diversity is inefficient. At least, it is inefficient in the short run. In the long run, to repeat myself, we are not going to win anything anymore if we can’t build racially inclusive coalitions and organizations.

Source: NOI

Many an aircraft has been saved by a sharp, junior, inexperienced crewmember. Often it is because of this lack of experience, and the complacency that may come with experience, which makes them able to see what others cannot. This is what diversity is all about – it’s about maximizing the service’s potential by involving different sets of eyes and hearing everyone’s voice. Diversity is more than gender and race, and we cannot discount what this type of diversity brings to the table and why it needs to be encouraged.

Written by Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Pittman

Source: Coast Guard Compass

Chinese immersion program attract non-Asians:

Tzara, who has been at CAIS since pre-kindergarten, said she didn’t realize she was Caucasian until she grew much taller than her classmates in fourth grade. “I never felt like I was different,” said Tzara, who also plays volleyball, basketball and soccer.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Comments are real interesting and deserve a read!

This is one of the many paradoxes of the gentrification generation - the “coolest” places in our cities, the most “authentic”, tend to be white and middle class, while the “cheesiest” and most touristy are far more diverse.

As hipsters, the most self-aware generation ever, with generally pro-integrationist politics, we are acutely aware of this fact, and I would argue it is at the root of some of our collective ennui.

Source: Sustainable Cities Collective

If social media is going to be a public “face” of organizations, and drive kinship with the populace, we have to do more than rely on a bunch of 30 year-old White people to do so.

Source: Convince & Convert