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[quote=Anonymous]I worked with diverse immigrants from Korea, Lebanon, Jamaica, Haiti, Ireland, Turkey and South Africa. I worked with others, who although also American, came from very different backgrounds from myself, including from rural communities and inner cities, when I worked in a suburban area.

We shared our "diversity" through life stories, bringing in different foods, and even meeting at different restaurants after work. "Diversity" training should not be about blaming anyone or making anyone feel bad, inadequate or guilty, because you don't know until you have walked in someone else's shoes. You can't tell what a person has or has not suffered or gotten or not gotten, just by looking at him or her.

Diversity should be about LEARNING about different people and cultures and UNDERSTANDING, and KINDNESS. Instead of teaching separation and "otherness", we need more unity and celebrations about the American "Melting Pot" and what being American means. (Live and let live. Work hard, follow the laws, create a nice family, treat people with respect whether you like them or not. Try some apple pie or barbeque at a 4th of July picnic)

(BTW before you judge me- my childhood was a horrible, chaotic mess. Absent, factory worker , lower working class father, and a narcissist, borderline personality SAHM, who refused to take her meds, because it "took the edge off". And screwed up siblings. I appreciate I am very happy with the people in my life and what I have - a peaceful, though modest, home. ) 
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