Unfortunately, most diversity initiatives are a performative joke

Ted Bauer
14 min readOct 31, 2021

Diversity. DIVERSITY! Uh, what now?

That above video is a discussion between Sam Harris and John McWhorter about wokeness, racism, anti-racism, and new religions. It’s pretty interesting. Give it a whirl at some point in your life.

Now let’s talk for a few moments about diversity, shall we?

“The signature of our democracy”

Herein lies The New York Times morning newsletter this morning, discussing census outcomes, and someone refers to the results as diversity becoming “the signature of our democracy.” Indeed. It could — and definitely seems — that way. There’s a lot to unpack, however.

What We Learned

The new data show that Hispanics accounted for about half the country’s growth over the past decade, up by about 23 percent. The Asian population grew faster than expected — up by about 36 percent, a rise that made up nearly a fifth of the country’s total. Nearly one in four Americans now…

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Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.