MULTICULTURALISM

Reader and sometimes contributor, Anotmo, adds his two cents worth in the comments section on multiculturalism and diversity, which I would like to post here. As usual, he is spot on.

"It is correct to say that no one should be excluded from a group on the unrelated and arbitrary basis of race, ethnicity, religion, et al as these characteristics do not impact on an individuals potential value to whatever purpose that group may aspire. It is quite another thing to say that the group with the greatest diversity of race, ethnicity, religion, et al will, therefore, be the best equipped to achieve that purpose.

Yet, this is the position the Libs promote. Colleges advertise the quality of the education they offer on the basis of the diversity of their faculty and student body rather than on the academic credentials of their faculty and the subsequent achievements of their alumina. Illegal Immigration is supported because it will expand the diversity of our citizenry as opposed to legal immigration which focuses on expanding the quality and productivity of our citizenry. Government administrations are judged by how diverse is their membership rather than on how well they advanced the ideas on which they campaigned and were elected; (except, of course, if a Republican administration is more diverse than any preceding Democrat administration).

Diversity is not a worthwhile goal in and of itself. True, a lack of diversity ‘may’ be indicative of unwarranted discrimination but the presence of diversity neither disproves unwarranted discrimination, (Affirmative Action?), nor advances worth. If you face open heart surgery, are you more interested in the cultural diversity of the operating team or in their experience and history? Unwarranted discrimination is morally wrong, (deal with that Moral Relativists), and counter productive to the extent that it may preclude desirable talent. For those reasons we should not be opposed to diversity but advancing diversity for its own sake accomplishes nothing other than to get Democrats elected and allow Liberals to think oh so well of themselves."