Thursday, March 19, 2009

New Article by John McWhorter: A Look at Real Diversity


By Richard Ivory


"I have been quite happy to have my black and Latino students in the class - as individuals. After the rich experience we have had over the past school year, discussing substantial works by such a vast number of thinkers through the ages, for me to cherish them because of the color of their skin would be vapid at best and condescending at worst"


Asserts John McWhorter's in his latest article over at the website MindingtheCampus.com, the article is entitled "A Look at Real Diversity."


In the article Dr. McWhorter reflects about his experiences teaching at Columbia University and opines about what true diversity really means.


You can find the article here: http://tinyurl.com/d6r9qp

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