Diversity?, no I’m not talking about making sure you eat your peas and consume all of your food groups for the day. I’m talking about cultural diversity, things that impact society and groups abilities to function in a rapidly changing world. This week on The College Fix , an article titled Republicans, Pro-Lifers, Libertarians Shunned From University’s ‘Diversity’ Event, describes events taken place on UNC- Chapel Hill campus. Leadership at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill have stated and made it clear that they support diversity, well only their certain selective diversity.
Chancellor Carol Folt, Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp and the Student Advisory Committee to the chancellor co-hosted a dinner with many student leaders this last week. A quote taken from the article is as follows, “Students in attendance included those representing the Muslim, Latino and Black student populations and Greek life”. Yet some were apparently missing from this very formal campus wide “meeting of the minds”. And no it wasn’t due to some mix up in the mail. In fact the list of some groups missing from this meeting include UNC College Republicans, Carolina Students for Life, UNC Young Americans for Liberty, and the list goes on for any other right-leaning organizations. They just were not invited. A campus wide meeting on diversity and everyone wasn’t invited?
The point is, there are certain groups in this country (I’m looking at everyone), who would rather choose exclusion over than inclusion. Are groups just physical things that one can or cannot touch due to some fear of being “infected” with the others ideology? I’m joking of course, saying it out loud brings chuckles, but perhaps there is a bigger issue to try and point out.
I’m a college student yet I can already see the world I’m about to be pushed out into, although I’ve been experiencing it my whole life without fully being aware of it in ways. In some parts of the world (growing everyday in here in America) individuals refuse to respect, or just ignore, others rights for religious freedom, personal ideology, etc. In fact in some cases they hate them for their personal beliefs. It’s the classic tale of this group vs. that group, this political figure vs. that one, it’s just a never ending tale of humanity. But perhaps instead of talking about it, I should do something about it. Food for thought, take it and do something with it if you wish. That’s all for now.
-J
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