I’m an undergraduate English major at Dartmouth College. Last year’s annual review1 of Dartmouth students’ political leanings found that 91 percent of the class (myself included) held unfavorable views of Donald Trump against just three percent favorable. It is what Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas described as the “aesthetic of diversity;” an ornamental policy designed to admit full-pay minorities under the guise of diversity. Embracing economic diversity and offering poor kids a gateway into the upper echelons of society might even enliven class discussion with the views of those whose “lived experiences” are truly different and disadvantaged. Is this not the real value of diversity?

Source: New York Times November 14, 2023 06:04 UTC