Politics

Political and Personal Diversity

As the world embraces diversity we should be mindful of where it's encouraged and where it's prevented and why.

The concept of diversity struck me while I set up a dating profile on Bumble. One of the first things it asked for is Gender Identity, listing 75 possible choices. This seemed a bit excessive, but it is a dating site and gender identity says a lot about you, so you might as well be as specific as possible. Ten questions later you're asked for your Political Identity, listing 4 possible choices making it essentially useless to all but the most rigid and close-minded.

What caused such an explosion in one type of diversity and such a contraction of another? Are some types of diversity more important than others? I don't think these questions have easy answers, but worth chewing on.

Political Identity Choices (4)

Political identity choices

Gender Identity Choices (75)

Gender identity choices
Dan Cunning

Dan Cunning

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