On episode 13 of My American Meltingpot, I’m doing my first solo show in defense of diversity! I felt I needed to take this opportunity to defend my favorite word, “diversity,” because these days it seems like diversity is the word everybody loves to hate. I want to drag diversity out of the mud and restore it to its rightful place in our social activism lexicon.
Here’s what I share in this episode:
• How I became diversity’s biggest fan,
• Who hates diversity and why?
• My personal definition of diversity.
• And finally, my two versions of the future; In version A, we continue to dismiss diversity and it doesn’t end well. In version B, we learn to embrace diversity and live happily ever after.
Links from the Show
The Meltingpot Minute
May is Mixed Experience History Month! Read all about it and about Heidi Durrow, the author and activist who started the celebration back in 2007.
Who Hates Diversity?
In this episode you hear clips from Tucker Carlson (appearing on Fox News), Ben Shapiro (giving a speech on forced diversity on KGP TV) and a guy named, Mike from NoStressMike.com, who explain why they dislike diversity and the so-called diversity agenda.
But conservative white men aren’t the only ones who have beef with the word diversity and what it stands for.
Ava Duvernay gave a speech in 2015 at the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards where she was very clear why she hated the word diversity.
Shondra Rhimes, also made it clear why she hates the word diversity and favors the word “normalizing” instead.
Even Oprah Winfrey has stopped using the word diversity.
But diversity works, particularly in corporate America.Diverse companies are actually more profitable than their non-diverse counterparts.
Presidential candidate and New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker believes diversity is America’s greatest strength. At the end of the episode, you’ll hear a clip of Senator Booker appearing on the Big Think explaining why he, like me, loves America’s diversity
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Peace!
