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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
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I do think that the small minded will be the small minded and they will eventually die off as those in the younger generations grow up with more diverse classrooms and workplaces.
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I wish I could be as optimistic as you are. I'm not sure that diversity in and of itself fosters tolerance and inclusion. It is an attitude, perhaps even a philosophy. There has to be respect and appreciation and trust. Sophistication. Objectivism. What I observe in young Americans today doesn't reflect a tendency toward these things. Not to say that there isn't tolerance in our society, just that it seems we are resigned to it rather than grateful for it.
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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