tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8188978653437676272..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: UniculturalismStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51486081242908552592013-09-09T10:17:36.050-07:002013-09-09T10:17:36.050-07:00"Diversity training teaches everyone that cer..."Diversity training teaches everyone that certain members of the team have a divided social identity. A divided identity means divided loyalty." <br />Although I'm not a fan of diversity training this comment sounds wildly unsound. Identity and cultural habits breeds feelings of inclusion and exclusion. You can see the results from prep schools to blue collar schools. Discomfort and uncertainty is remedied by loss of fear and selfishness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74863182264945194222012-03-13T18:28:58.387-07:002012-03-13T18:28:58.387-07:00"When in America, do as the Americans do"..."When in America, do as the Americans do" is a traditional adage which remains relevant today. Fortunately, Americans are not Romans.<br /><br />David, LordSomber:<br /><br />Diversity of individuals. Anything else is, by definition, prejudiced, and subject to exploitation, and both legal and non-profit revenue generation cycles.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-89402345335432003802012-03-13T10:16:35.144-07:002012-03-13T10:16:35.144-07:00It was always my impression that "diversity t...It was always my impression that "diversity training" was not for the benefit of the employees, but to reduce liability for the employer. But then, I can be cynical.LordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14647715311921988442012-03-13T09:21:02.681-07:002012-03-13T09:21:02.681-07:00There's another kind of diversity which doesn&...There's another kind of diversity which doesn't get nearly as much attention: diversity of personality types.<br /><br />Quite a few years ago I attended a management course at which a Jungian psychologist was an invited speaker. He made the point that you should consciously attempt to hire people whose personality types are dissimilar to your own; otherwise you will all have the same blind spots and happily march off the cliff together.<br /><br />In Myers-Briggs terms, an introverted intuitive white man may have more in common with an introverted intuitive black man than he has with an extroverted sensation white man.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10000799796924974332012-03-13T08:39:46.188-07:002012-03-13T08:39:46.188-07:00Actually, I had posted about Putnam's study a ...Actually, I had posted about Putnam's study a few years ago... but I had forgotten it.<br /><br />Here's the link: http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2008/10/who-do-you-trust.htmlStuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76983507780591546892012-03-13T08:22:27.396-07:002012-03-13T08:22:27.396-07:00Robert Putnam studied diversity. His conclusion, ...Robert Putnam studied diversity. His conclusion, it destroys social capital. See: <br />http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2007.00176.x/pdf<br /><br />John Derbyshire notes that Putnam in his introductory and conclusory remarks tries as hard as he can to put a happy face on it. But the middle section, the one with the data paint a very different picture.<br /><br />Diversity is bad.Arinoreply@blogger.com