Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
People Like Us
We all pay lip service to the melting pot, but we really prefer the congealing pot
by David Brooks
Maybe it's time to admit the obvious. We don't really care about diversity all that much in America, even though we talk about it a great deal. Maybe somewhere in this country there is a truly diverse neighborhood in which a black Pentecostal minister lives next to a white anti-globalization activist, who lives next to an Asian short-order cook, who lives next to a professional golfer, who lives next to a postmodern-literature professor and a cardiovascular surgeon. But I have never been to or heard of that neighborhood. Instead, what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 8/17/2003 10:02:14 AM |
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