"Don" wrote in message
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All of my family, from the 1800's forward, have been born and raised
in
the
US.
How is this relevent to anything?

Well, your comment about diversity probably doesn't come from ideas or
feelings which exist in a vacuum, right?

I keep seeing where diversity is a good thing, but I have yet to see a
reason why.
Can you say why diversity is a good thing?

This might be a bit abstract, or reflect what *I* find valuable, but here
goes: I don't know how old you are, but as you advance in age, you'll notice
more and more how many things in your history textbooks were distorted,
biased, or just plain missing. People are also biased, but even so, there's
immense value in speaking to people who've lived through things you haven't.
If you were ever fascinated by stories heard from your grandparents, it's
because their stories seem like they describe another world, even though
they may have grown up in this country. It follows logically that it should
be interesting to speak to someone who experienced las limpiezas
("cleansings") in Colombia, or life in Moscow in the 1960s. These stories
would make you a better citizen. They'd enable you to see through the
bull**** put forth by politicians who give us nothing but pablum, like
commercials.