thepostman wrote: ↑April 5th, 2021, 5:31 pm
I'm not a minority and neither are you so all I can really do is try my best to learn from those who are. How can we reach these communities if we don't have many who come from these communities at the table? It is a complicated issue and I know it tends to get dicey because of the poltical rhetoric of the day but to dismiss is all together just isn't going to do anybody any good.
I am also not speaking of just race but also of breadth of experience. We should have people who embrace our mission but still have a diversity of voices. Having voices with the same background is part of the reason the board room has turned into an echo chamber.
Personally, I do not dismiss racial diversity or thought, out of hand. However trying to force the issue and fair exercise thereof is the problem. As a university, or society, we cannot reach/help every community or point of view directly. Where does it stop?
Should we make a major push to bring in more Indian, Korean, Arabic students? Why not? Should we hire minorities, or anyone else, who does not support the mission of the university? Why not, they have a different view to share, aren't their views important? Would a more diverse board have gotten rid of Jr. sooner? Do publick universities allow diversity of thought? LOL.
Just like we cannot directly support every human who wants to come to our country. Personally, I believe that the open border, the current admin is supporting, is not the best policy for our country. Right away, people want to call RACIST. Nothing could be further from the truth. My feelings would be exactly the same, if they were all white people. We only have X amount of resources, land, water, food, etc. There is not another country in the world that allows people to immigrate so freely. There is a reason for that and no one is accusing the other countries, that have strict immigration laws, racist. They are looking out for their country and their citizenry. It is only common sense.
I could go on and on and on. If we as a university decide to actively recruit minorities, where do we stop? Should we recruit all 27 genders? Should we recruit all religious minorities? Should we recruit all ethnicities? Isn't it racist or being non-inclusive, to leave anyone out?
Our culture as a university, tends to attract a pretty narrow slice of society. It has been that way since 1971. Just like Christianity attracts a narrow slice of society. The Bible says that the road to heaven is a narrow one.
All of that being said, I believe it is paramount to our survival as a university, that we support our mission first. To remain a distinctly Christian university. If we can do that by attracting a more diverse student body, a better sports program, music program, facilities, better paid professors, etc. I am all for it. But to force diversity of thought or racial makeup of the student body, at the expense of the mission, is not the answer to me.
Major on the majors.