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re: Job application wants a "contributions to diversity statement"

Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:50 pm to
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:50 pm to
Not new to academia, but this is the first time I've had to write a diversity statement to apply for a position at one.
Posted by gizmoflak
Member since May 2007
11830 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:51 pm to
"The modern-day purview of diversity represents little more than a false dichotomy of mankind in which the arbitrary and superficial physical characteristics of an individual or group supersede the ideals, values, and behaviors thereof, and serves to uphold an anachronistic notion that has long been abdicated by the mid-20th century civil rights movement."


Give them gobblygook
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36269 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:52 pm to
Sucks that the Cali job didn't pan out (I believe that was you).

Good luck, I don't think I could make myself write a diversity statement.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112622 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:53 pm to
quote:


"I don't use the n-word in front of my black friends."
Well done
Posted by Bmath
LA
Member since Aug 2010
18852 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:53 pm to
Discuss diversity of ideas such as disseminating knowledge with people from different schools, states, or countries.
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:55 pm to
That was me with the Cali job, said I didn't have enough experience.

I wish I didn't have to write this crap, it's all lies anyhow. I think I will just give them two pages of nonsense with big words like someone suggested.
Posted by Bayou Sam
Istanbul
Member since Aug 2009
5921 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:55 pm to
quote:

This is why academia is such a false reality. Diversity of ideas is desirable. Diversity of ethnic and/or gender by itself offers nothing. This political correct, revisionist history, and leftist leading mentality will ultimately doom the brick and mortar academic institutions.


People from diverse backgrounds generally have diverse ideas about things...
Posted by Bayou Sam
Istanbul
Member since Aug 2009
5921 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:56 pm to
Dude all of these kinds of statements, like teaching philosophies, are mostly nonsense. Just google how to write it.
Posted by TigerPanzer
Orlando
Member since Sep 2006
9476 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

contributions to diversity

Here is an EXCELLENT STATEMENT on the willingness to embrace--literally--diversity. It comes courtesy of Dennis Hopper in "Blue Velvet":
LINK
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:01 pm to
"I light scented candles in the room so the minority students don't have to be so ashamed of the way they smell"



this cannot be serious, can it?
Posted by PeterPeterP
Member since Jan 2013
781 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:07 pm to
"I wish I didn't have to write this crap, it's all lies anyhow"

There you go. Write that.
Posted by 12Pence
Member since Jan 2013
6344 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

University I'm applying to requires a statement of contributions to diversity


Loyola University?
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103445 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:10 pm to
"I enjoy Indian food, but not with pepper spray, because I don't like it that spicy. I also have been known to mingle in social settings with peers of darker skin, and the vernacular I gained from these interactions will be valuable in the classroom when interacting with students of all backgrounds. I prefer to separate the lights and darks when I do my laundry, but sometimes when I'm in a hurry I just throw them all in together and see what happens."
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42727 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Chicken Gripper


Little help?
Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger
Huntsville, Al via Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2005
8204 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:16 pm to
Prayers Sent.

Seriously...what kind of liberal BS is this?
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112086 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:19 pm to
I promise to stream Asian and Black lesbian porn while I am in class
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 2:20 pm
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
19800 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:19 pm to
Just write that you are appalled that they are racist enough to ask this of a minority. Doesn't matter if you are white as snow. Just imply that you are a minority. They will hire you as Chancellor just to avoid the potential for a diversity claim lawsuit.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
153880 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:19 pm to
"Liberals believe in every kind of diversity, except diversity of thought" -- Ann Coulter
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
69443 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:21 pm to
just say you will pass minorities
Posted by Palo Gaucho
Benton
Member since Jul 2013
3412 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 2:23 pm to
If you take that job, you're going to be putting up with that kind of bullshite as long as you work there.
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