I absolutely countered your argument. You live in a small world where you are comfortable with your friends of other races therefore, everyone is just like you and your friends...so no problem. That is simplistic in every sense of the word. You are as clueless as the day is long about what diversity is really all about. To even say you see no problems is in itself a problem. I feel sorry for you because reality seems to have escaped from your tight little world. You have a very warped opinion of life and the struggles of others....
I know exactly what diversity is all about .
In my previous career my career, my boss, my manager was a black man who I worked under for 20 years. We got along just fine (how many of you can say that?). We each respected the other. We did not always agree but it had nothing to do with skin color. Sometimes we just looked at things differently.
In my current career I work under a man from India and a woman from Spain and we serve white, Black, Hispanics, Filipinos, Vietnamese people etc. Guess what? They are all people to me.
This was/is in MS where supposedly we are the worst racists the country. That may have been true 60-70+ years ago.
I have black friends that go back two-three generation’s. They are family. Many of them have succeeded in life. Why? Because their parents/grandparents did not let them use being discriminated against as an excuse for not succeeding. Yes they had to overcome obstacles that were not fair at the time.
Nowadays, I have an old classmate (she calls me her brother and she is like my sister) whose Mom is still living (she is in her mid-eighties). Her Mom bemoans the fact that today these kids are not taking advantage of the vast opportunities that they have today that she was denied back in the 1940’s, 1950’s etc.
So yes life is not perfect but as for diversity it not the core issue here. Forced diversity is not going to help in anyway.
I don’t pretend to live in some comfortable world where all is perfect. Also I have traveled around this country extensively so I don’t just live in a bubble.
Today most businesses, medical organizations, industries, schools etc are looking for competent people who can perform, do the job, are honest and responsible etc. regardless of skin color.
Are their exceptions to this? Absolutely but it is more the exception today and less the rule.
No need to feel sorry for me. I don’t have a warped opinion. Just different from yours but that is okay.