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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“It's the 21st century, folks. The world our kids will enter is stunningly multicultural”

Exactly, but that should make identity LESS important, not MORE. The alumni magazine should read “Suzy X (class of ‘15) climbs Mount Everest,” not “First trans Albanian Suzy   X overcomes unique challenges to go where nobody like her has gone before.”

If the identity is relevant, fine. Like if it’s “First Muslim appointed to be Pope’s bodyguard,” that’s great, because the identity is key to the story. But don’t make identity the story when it has nothing to do with the achievement.

We should be working towards a society where those sorts of characteristics aren’t THE STORY, but we are swimming upstream as long as so many people have to interject identity where it isn’t relevant. [/quote]

I'm not understanding why the Albanian part isn't interesting to you. And are you saying Suzy had no unique challenges?? What if she DID have unique challenges that no one else before her faced - why can't we hear about them simply because it makes you uncomfortable?[/quote]

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