The Shark Blog has a new name for the type of "diversity" that college administrators often try to engineer - "Crayon Diversity." As Sharkansky puts it:
Regent Cole went on to talk about the importance of diversity and said the event had strengthened his resolve that the UW should promote a more diverse campus. Regent Ark Chin said such advocacy was a must in light of the atmosphere on campus.
The Board of Regents wins today's Crayon Diversity Award for advocating the principle that diversity is a good thing as long as people don't express diverse opinions.
In other words, as long as we're all different colors, the need for "diversity" is satisfied. Shark also thoughtfully pointed out some demographic factors to the UW Board of Regents:
As I've pointed out previously, the college-age population of the State of Washington is 72.5% white, 6.5% Asian and 3.7% black, while the University of Washington freshman class is 56.5% white, 27.9% Asian and 2.9% black. The only way the university could accurately reflect the diversity of the state's population would be to send 3/4 of the Asian students home and admit a lot more white kids and a handful of new blacks. I hope that's not what the Regents have in mind.
Posted by kswygert at October 28, 2003 04:13 PM