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[quote=Anonymous]Diversity is more than just learning to live with people of other cultures, but being able to understand the background and contributions people with different cultural and educational or professional experiences bring to the table and how they can contribute to success in the workplace or wherever.

One of the things I learned out of the 2008 financial crisis is that virtually all of the people that engineered things like the credit default swaps and made the decisions that brought about the crisis were all the "best and the brightest" who went to the same colleges, etc.  It produces a form of group think that can be highly dangerous.

My father - who is a military officer - made a similar point.  He was an academy graduate, and he said that he valued the input that came from the ROTC officers because they came in with training and critical thinking skills that were different from those cultivated in the academy.

Also, as we move to an even more minority majority country I think it's important that we do emphasize diversity as the strength for our economy and society taht it is.  [/quote]

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