“Out of interest (and this is directed to those who bemoan 'diversity') - specifically, what forms of diversity upsets you?”
“The wrong message is that diversity is a bad thing.”
I think you have hold of the wrong end of the stick, sp. There’s nothing “wrong” with diversity. It’s not something that anyone has any control over and of course, as far as evolution goes, it’s positively a benefit. It’s rather like asking “What’s wrong with the oceans?” Answer; nothing. Some people like the sea, others hate it. What I think many people despise (me included) is being told we must “celebrate and embrace” diversity. It’s nothing to be celebrated or embraced. Like the oceans, it’s just there.
Whether they like it or not people around the world find themselves having to mix with people of different races and cultures – people that are different in all sorts of ways. Some people like it, some don’t. But an entire industry has grown up around telling them to “celebrate and embrace” something they have no control over. It’s telling people what they must think and unsurprisingly, whether they enjoy diversity or not, they don’t like being told what they must think.
Mr Neather (I think that’s the name of the cove that mentioned “rubbing people’s noses” in diversity) clearly had this in mind when he made his remark. What he celebrated was not diversity itself but the fact that the government of the day had seen fit to invite all manners of racially diverse people to the UK to dilute the seemingly predominant white Anglo-Saxon majority. He knew quite well that there was a sizeable number of people who did not like that strategy and instead of addressing their concerns (and perhaps allaying their fears) he sought to “rub their noses” in it. Those lauding diversity should realise we don’t all like the same thing. But that seems to be one aspect of diversity that isn’t acceptable.