tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post113518867957040748..comments2023-10-21T05:31:04.705-05:00Comments on Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH: DiversityMerle Widmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788275198834985986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1137180500740360452006-01-13T13:28:00.000-06:002006-01-13T13:28:00.000-06:00I certainly hope the 2nd Anonymous wasn't referrin...I certainly hope the 2nd Anonymous wasn't referring to me, the 1st Anonymous when he/she wrote, “I see that you all have no understanding of the word diversity.” My very first sentence describes diversity as “variations in beliefs, ideas, sensibilities, and even sensitivities.” Hell, I didn’t even mention anything physical at all! You might want to try actually reading before responding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1136327281880716242006-01-03T16:28:00.000-06:002006-01-03T16:28:00.000-06:00I see that you all have no understanding of the wo...I see that you all have no understanding of the word diversity. It means much more then race. It is not a black/white issue. You better believe that companies are preparing their companies to sell to everyone. So they want their companies to look like the world. Tjhey are hiring people that are qualified tio do the job. Not for quotas but because the world is not like America.ost of the world is people of color. Not Just black/white. You all need to get rid of you feelings and do some research. Caterpiller sells their goods to Africa, Europe, China, Korea and every part of the world that will buy it. They sure cannot find translators in just America. They have to have people from all over the world.<BR/><BR/>State Farm does not just sell insurance ion America. They sell it all over. They should hire qualified people from all over the world.<BR/><BR/>Look up the word diversity. I am certainly glad that major companies look for qualified pewople regardless to race, sex. religion, gender, religion, disability, national origin. Companies know that in order to have a proficient workforce they have to look all over the world. They certainly cannot find all of them in America. Merle have you looked at the educational system in America. Your bias is showing more and more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1135353663115441612005-12-23T10:01:00.000-06:002005-12-23T10:01:00.000-06:00To be sure, the world - or at least America - thri...To be sure, the world - or at least America - thrives because of diversity...variations in beliefs, ideas, sensibilities, and even sensitivities. The strongest culture is the one with the most complex weave of social fabric. Again: I give you, as example, America. It is indeed one of the most conservative impulses to understand that we must relish in diversity because we thrive for it.<BR/><BR/>However, when that notion is projected into the sphere of egalitarianism we find ourselves drifting toward social engineering, disproportionate favoring, and practice of being “more fair” to some than others. We are equal in opportunity at birth – but there equality stops. Let me say that again: we are not equal, and to believe otherwise is childish. We are not all entitled by birthright or human law to all that others have. I cannot play professional basketball – is that fair? You cannot give birth to a baby – is that fair? <BR/><BR/>Until people come to understand that we are, in fact, different from one another, they will not understand beauty and value of the gift of diversity. Instead, they will burden with their leveling notions of selfish, self-indulgent, and self-centered “fairness” under the guise of diversity. Which in the end intends to eliminate diversity. How paradoxical. The reality of freedom is a pesky thing to some folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com