Posted BY: Allan J. Feifer
The Supreme Court is taking another look at the question of race-based affirmative action. Central to the question of selecting who gets into colleges that employ a diversity test should be the reasoning behind the requirement to consider it at all. There has not been a national debate on the central importance of diversity; it is taken on faith with the Left daring anyone to say otherwise or risk being immediately outed as a racist.
This is a good time to question the orthodoxy of the Left on this issue. Nowhere do you hear logical arguments on why diversity is more important than say, competence, and, it’s a virtual secret on how the Left ranks its priorities to achieve diversity. The Left has bet the farm on the notion that diversity and its other stablemate, equity, should rightfully replace millions of years of natural human development; overnight, on faith alone. Let’s start with the arguments presented by the Left and then debunk them:
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- According to a report by McKinsey, the top 25% of companies based on financial performance have 33% greater ethnic diversity compared to the bottom 25%,
- Nondiverse workplaces lack cognitive diversity
- With strong team diversity, customers are better represented
- The company attracts more talent
- Diversity improves the company’s reputation
- The cost of not embracing diversity, equity and inclusion is high
- Companies must have zero-tolerance policies against discrimination
- Companies must invest in DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) training
