[quote=@Dynamo Frokane] Well as a species we are all identical as humans, so yeah he's made a factually correct statement there, not sure what you are trying to mock. Diversity only matters in the sense that peoples shouldn't be excluded for bullshit racial lines or whatever else. But I know you agree with this already. [/quote] Not exactly -- I mean true, totally, but that's not what I'm driving at and that's not what "diversity" is for (just an extremely positive side-effect). Diversity matters [i]because[/i] we are different, like, by definition, that's what it's about. Differences are strengths. Differences are awesome and important and we should be REALLY HAPPY they exist, and celebrate them for as long as they last (because ultimately yes, we are all human beings and the 'social construct' I guess which drives a lot of our differences isn't a permanent thing). Case in point, I'm an amputee which makes me one of the smallest minorities in the world. I'm [i]absolutely[/i] different from other people at work, in real/permanent/tangible ways, and this is a [i]major benefit[/i] both to me and to the company. Uniformity is the enemy. We should be proud of our differences, whether they're intellectual, political, professional, physical, or yes, even racial. That's kind of a loaded thing to throw out there because history is a bitch (and if you take it the wrong way I sound like the wypepo from Get Out), but it's also the truth. Differences and complexity make us all stronger. Celebrate our differences. To clarify, because I feel like I have to -- I don't buy any of that bullshit about racial intelligence traits or whatever. What I'm getting at is there are 300 million unique people in the US, and if 30 million have a shared experience which gives them a special perspective, the other 270 million benefit a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT by learning from it. It so happens that in America today, a person's race (among dozens of other things) can drive that. I can take or leave the social factors causing that difference of experience (we're all shaping the world for better and for worse), but the difference itself is something I treasure.