November 1st, 2008
This Just In!!!!!
Diversity is the New Racism!!!
In case you have not been paying attention, apprerently Diversity and Multiculturalism are the new Racism…intersting article here. Whats Next? Is cat going to be the new dog? Is Socialism going to become the new Capitalism? Oh, whoops…bad example I guess!
I have a number of issues with this article, but really this is another opportunity for us to discuss and examine and clarify what diversity really is and what its value is. And I am appreciative of the folks at Recruiting Blogs (which I just joined), for doing just that. Hats off to Steve Levy for noticing a converstation taking place over at the Diversity Executive site and starting his own conversation about it for the recruiting community. It is much easier and simpler and safer to not have the conversation…and there are a lot of reasons for this I guess.
I am glad that they paid attention to it, glad that my friend Maren Hogan pointed it out to me, and glad that it motivated me to finally join and actually post. It was about midnight as I finished it so it is quite likely that my very first post over there will little or no sense, but it will be interesting to see if the conversation continues. It is an important one. It gets more important every day.