Diversity is not about being politically correct. It is about enrichment of society that people contribute through their diverse views, beliefs, skills, and feelings There is no cresativity or innovation without diversity.
Let’s go past the visible and obvious diversity like race, ethnicity, or disability, and focus on what inivisble diversity brings to society.
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- Better understanding and more empathy: diverse experiences emables better understanding and empathy between people. Leading to collaborative communication, and a more inclusive society.
- Enables creativity and innovation: for new ideas, new ways to address problems to happen, requires different thinking or different experiences, arising from the diversity of people.
- Better decision-making: being open to consider diverse viewpoints helps feed critical thinking,which in turns makes it possible to arrive at more objective decisions.
Let’s take another look at the picture of these four women who look so much alike, and yet are so diverse.:
- Aae is a pro wrestler in the WWE.
- Bee is a neuro-surgeon married to Cee.
- Cee, wife of Bee, is an economic writer, she is dyslexic.
- Dee is a BDSM dominatrix.