So, my good friend Ritch is changing his life. In the process, he's applying to law schools all over the country. And what did they want? Genius? Hardly. They wanted LSAT scores and ass-kissing. Big surprise, right? So, after reading what I would call an excellent, introspective, culturally accurate essay on this ridiculous, self-defeating notion to which we as a melting pot so desperately cling, I wrote my knee-jerk response to their bullshit subject matter.
What is diversity? Who is diverse? In my uninformed, unpleasant opinion, "diversity" is hardly bound by the kind of pseudo political correctness with which our culture has become so enamored. Rather, true diversity lies within the individual's willingness to be bold, to make gross mistakes, and to discard infamy with the same contempt that he or she would regard anonymity. In other words, maybe one shred of this elusive label lies in the ability to say, "No, dear law admissions board, I will not kiss your ass on this one. The notion of diversity is an absolute crock, and I'm sick to death of its celebration."
Love,
Offended Fascist
2 comments:
I dropped by, I read, and I'll be back. Hey, that bipolar thing, it gets better with age. I swear on that one.
Oy:
Ah, diversity...
It's so nice when a few places REALLY practice it. As in, "you're a bisexual witchy fat chick? Ok...whatever. Come on in anyway. We'll neither make a big deal out of how you're contributing to 'diversity' as a token non-Christian, nor will we ostracize you. Go about your daily business in peace and anonymity."
As opposed to:
Let's have an inservice about why it's wrong to call women ____ or African-Americans _____, and let's talk about sexual harassment AGAIN!
or:
"Describe in your application how you can contribute to diversity". Uhm, wow. How about, I'm a different person than you are, by virtue of DNA, if nothing else? There's diversity for you. I refrain from calling people the "n" word, though I retain my right as a white person to call a white supremacist a cracker? I'm okay about reading books that weren't all written by dead white middle-class Christian men. How about that? Diverse enough for you? No?
The whole concept throws me for a loop. The idea that we even need to speak about diversity and make such a big issue of it shows that, much as with gay rights, race stereotypes, and the objectification of women, we haven't come nearly as far as we claim we have, as we pat each other on the back and call it good. If our nation and our universities were REALLY diverse, they'd simply respect people regardless of all that physical envelope bullshit, rather than trying to come up with specific plans to incorporate it.
Such a nice idea. Such a long time coming.
On the other hand, without these strange self-conscious postmodern plans, how would we ever get the good ol' boys club to disband?
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