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Please define: 'Biodiversity' and 'Multiculturalism'?
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It's That Guy
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Biodiversity means a natural diversity of species. For instance, a forest has trees that shade undergrowth plants, which in turn protect the soil from animals that eat the trees. There are insects that eat dead trees and fallen leaves, converting them into mulch and natural fertilizer, and birds that eat the insects and nest in the trees. Its a whole community of literally hundreds of species that depend on one another in one way or another. Lumber companies cut down the trees and then plant a 'monoculture' of one type of fast-growing tree, so this ancient forest becomes no more than a tree farm with one species.
Every -natural habitat- is naturally biodiverse--the rainforest, the jungle, the ocean, the prairie.
Multiculturalism means that a country is tolerant of many cultures. The US is an 'immigrant nation' in that nearly all the people who live here came from somewhere else only a few generations ago. Everyone brought part of his culture with him, so our culture is a combination of all of these, they all enrich our culture. Canada, Argentina, and Australia are also 'immigrant nations'. Here in California where I live there are neighborhoods or whole cities where Spanish or Hindi or Urdu or Vietnamise are the 'standard' language. But we are all tolerant of one another (by and large) and we have a wonderful selection of ethnic restaurants. 8^)
Every -natural habitat- is naturally biodiverse--the rainforest, the jungle, the ocean, the prairie.
Multiculturalism means that a country is tolerant of many cultures. The US is an 'immigrant nation' in that nearly all the people who live here came from somewhere else only a few generations ago. Everyone brought part of his culture with him, so our culture is a combination of all of these, they all enrich our culture. Canada, Argentina, and Australia are also 'immigrant nations'. Here in California where I live there are neighborhoods or whole cities where Spanish or Hindi or Urdu or Vietnamise are the 'standard' language. But we are all tolerant of one another (by and large) and we have a wonderful selection of ethnic restaurants. 8^)
I am opposed to "Multiculturalism"" and "Diversity" as it is presently practiced in this industry. The industry's concept of "diversity" and "multiculturalism" involves exactly the same premises as racism--that one's ideas are determined by one's race and that the source of an individual's identity is his ethnic heritage.
When Texas A&M president Robert Gates announced that race will no longer be a factor when admission applications are considered, and that students "should be admitted as individuals, on personal merit--and no other basis.", I applauded. When industry leaders change their concept of multiculturalism and interface seamlessly with minority organizations instead of creating artificial conclaves of minorities in their predominantly white organizations, I will believe that we have become, indeed, color-blind and racially integrated.
When Texas A&M president Robert Gates announced that race will no longer be a factor when admission applications are considered, and that students "should be admitted as individuals, on personal merit--and no other basis.", I applauded. When industry leaders change their concept of multiculturalism and interface seamlessly with minority organizations instead of creating artificial conclaves of minorities in their predominantly white organizations, I will believe that we have become, indeed, color-blind and racially integrated.