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November 17th, 2003 · 3 Comments · Miscellaneous

di · verse adj. 1. Differing one from another; 2. Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements. Hmm. Could’ve fooled me… [via iLind]

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1 Dreama // Nov 18, 2003 at 9:51 am

So because these people are all one race, they aren’t diverse in any way? The panel is never held out to be racially diverse, is it?
2 Jen // Nov 18, 2003 at 4:35 pm

It is, if it’s a editorial panel for a newspaper in Hawaii. No Asians? No Hawaiians? And seemingly no one under the age of fifty? Come on, now.
3 Dreama // Nov 19, 2003 at 1:53 am

You’re right that it’s not diverse in those senses, but my point, pedantic though it certainly was, is that they never qualified what *kind* of diversity was embodied in that particular panel. That’s all. It seems that diversity of career and education was the key here, race and age were not considerations.