Sorry but likening underrepresented voices with the Ebola virus is unhelpful, to say the least.https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal/status/1049375745922027521 …
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Replying to @Abebab
I wasn't likening the two. I simply used Ebola as a counterpoint to the assumption that diversity *in itself* is a good thing.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
You seem to be drawing some sort of similarities. Moreover, I don't think your assessment that "diversity in and of itself has no value" is valid. https://www.wonolo.com/blog/50-must-read-articles-on-diversity-in-the-workplace/#.W7utCKVnQqA.twitter …
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Replying to @Abebab
The site you linked to makes very tenuous arguments about diversity benefiting *businesses* (not the general public). It also acknowledges that, even in this specific area, diversity creates many problems (so, is not necessarily a *net* benefit).
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Why does benefit to businesses not count as a benefit? Anyway, search for diversity in any sphere, any field and you'll find it. Here's one... The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies.http://bit.ly/2OgFxcb
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Replying to @Abebab
That's a review of a book that argues that diversity is intrinsically good... In any case, even if diversity *is* a net benefit, the benefit is too intangible to sell to the public. The left tried, and we got Trump, Brexit, etc. I think it'd be better to emphasise commonality.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Aren't "intrinsically good" and "beneficial in and if itself" (which you are saying diversity isn't) similar things? Also, why assume diversity and commonality are mutually exclusive?
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Replying to @Abebab
Yes, they are similar things. My point was that you simply posted a sympathetic review of a book that argues what you're trying to prove to me. Diversity and commonality are not mutually exclusive, but emphasising one typically takes away focus from the other.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Interesting you see it as a sympathetic review that argues what I'm trying to prove and not as evidence for benefits of diversity. Also, your last paragraph makes it clear what your position is re diversity which renders any further convo more or less meaningless.
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I'm not sure how you could think that a brief book review is proof of the efficacy of a complex social phenomenon, Abeba. But I agree that further convo on this matter is probably pointless.
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