Team 4 Diversity Poster

Throughout this past week, I have recognized, to much disappointment, that for too many people the term diversity is simply a politically correct term for discrimination.  It is sad but when you hear the most outspoke members of our society speak of "diversity", they mean "race" or "gender" or "sexual orientation".  When faced with the question of diversity, many only want to be able to walk by a classroom and be confident that they can see a "rainbow of colors" on the outside.  it is all about the outside.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated that his dream was that we all be noticed for what is in side and not the outside.  We have veered too far from that, and have abandoned the concept of intellectual freedom and diversity especially in the academic realm.  Whether it be the endless arguing over keeping evolution or creationism out of schools, or yet another incident of politically motivated censorship/bias or violence at a university, this is the area where intellectual diversity should be celebrated, not stifled (by anyone on any side of any issue).  We wanted to emphasize that need for intellectual diversity in our poster and in our songs and I really think we managed to do that.


 

Songs:

• "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers
• " Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds
• "All Kinds of Kinds" by Miranda Lambert