Diversity. Diversity of opinion etc. Very curious indeed….

What perhaps started as ‘live and let live’, ‘let everyone have a say’, give everybody an opportunity to be what they want to be, quickly descended into the farce that it is today!

And I am not talking about EDI and its various forms. I cannot comment on any of those, as I don’t know enough about them to judge them. I am sure they are serving a purpose and are all well intended.

What I am talking about, is this idea that lumping different (however you choose to define that) people together to achieve some spectacular result and gain some superior insight. What if they are just all HUMAN BEINGS at the end of the day and all spring from the same, basic, survival of the fittest animal instinct? I have travelled around the world and what I saw everywhere was the same thing: advantages to the majority, intolerance of others who are different etc. The same things we all complain about.

So, is there really any such thing as DIVERSITY?

And is such diversity really along the lines of what we say it is?

Do men and women consistently look at life differently? Is someone who came from a poor background always going to see things the same as another poor person and are they both going to offer up a different point of view to a rich person?

What has improved since all the diversity stuff? Has the world suddenly become a better place?

What diversity of thought do I get if I stick a bunch of people that I assume have a diverse view together but in truth, they are all just thinking the same way anyway?

Is it really accurate to think that because people look different or are from a different sex or grew up in different backgrounds, that they will have diverse opinions?

I am a strong believer of live and let live, and allowing people to have a say and do things regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what sex they are etc., but it should be based on what they can do, and not on an assumption that they are must represent a diversity of opinion etc. What if deep down, they just see things the exact same way as everyone else…..?