2007-11-01 17:03:16 · 6 answers · asked by Coffee...EWW 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Diversity is when you're not just eating chocolate, and you're not just eating peanut butter, but you're eating chocolate AND peanut butter.
2007-11-01 17:06:27 · answer #1 · answered by Jonathan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diversity is a word. It has a definition and that's what it is. Beyond that it becomes what people make it. If you are referring to racial diversity or ethnic diversity, it is what it is by definition. It acquires connotations through people's biases, prejudices, and politic wrangling.di·ver·si·ty (dÄ-vûr'sÄ-tÄ, dÄ«-) pronunciation
1. The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.
2. A point or respect in which things differ.
3. Variety or multiformity: “Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the species: variation, competition and selection” (Scientific American).
2007-11-01 17:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A method for discrimination against certain classes of people because they don't fit into the 'diversity' model. In other words, a method of selection criteria independent of the things that should really be important for the job, college, or other area requiring an application such as qualifications, experience, certifications and degrees.
2007-11-01 17:10:51 · answer #3 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diversity
(n) : the quality of being diverse or different; difference or variety
synonyms: heterogeneity, condition, status
2007-11-01 17:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
diversity is like a bag of skittles, mmmmm taste the rainbow!
2007-11-01 17:05:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
diversity: liberalistic codeword to promote policies that typically entail increased taxation and hidden social agendas.
2007-11-01 17:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by MJQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋