We live in an age where the uniqueness of the individual appears to be almost glorified. "Be yourself. Be true to yourself. Find yourself. Don't be afraid to be different."
Unfortunately, the reality is the exact opposite. We live in a culture that punishes those who are different. It is o.k. to be different as long as you dress like everyone else, watch the same programs as everyone else and, most importantly, think like everyone else.
In a recent work published by a Harvard educator analysing the way students are vetted for post-graduate studies, it was discovered that these liberal educators discriminated against those whose religious beliefs differed from their own.
"We like differences as long as they are all the same as us."
Unfortunately, the reality is the exact opposite. We live in a culture that punishes those who are different. It is o.k. to be different as long as you dress like everyone else, watch the same programs as everyone else and, most importantly, think like everyone else.
In a recent work published by a Harvard educator analysing the way students are vetted for post-graduate studies, it was discovered that these liberal educators discriminated against those whose religious beliefs differed from their own.
When Posselt probed on diversity, she found that many professors said they felt an obligation to diversify their graduate student bodies and thus — eventually — the collective faculty of their fields.Diversity, of course, is only about race, gender, and sexuality, never about diversity of thought. Whenever you see an academic talk about “diversity,” you should assume that they mean “the homogeneity of people we like.”
"We like differences as long as they are all the same as us."
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