Diversity is stupid. Now that I've offended you, please continue reading.

Colleges and businesses like to brag about how diverse the people who attend them/work for them are. But the way they judge that is so shallow. All your life, people have been telling you not to judge people based on their skin color, but instead judge them by what is on the inside. My six year old cousin doesn't even know that her kindergarten teacher is black. She doesn't even understand that. Yet, when you go to college, they tell you how diverse they are because they have people with many different skin colors.

I had to take a survey sort of thing a few days ago, and one of the main ideas they asked me about was diversity. Obviously, I am white. Then wanted to know how important diversity is to me when I choose a school, and I don't think it's very important. I guess that could be because I'm white. But when they asked me if I had diverse friends, I actually had to stop and think about it. My first thought was no, and then I realized that most of my friends are NOT white. Stephanie, Chris, Diana, Martin, and then people I used to be really close with too: Leah, Erin, Daniel, Amanda, ect. And then I was thinking man, do I even know any whites? Of course I do. But even within that, Connor's dad's Dutch, Greg is something weird too.

I think people make to big of a deal out of racial lines. I don't think they exist as people see them to. I see affirmative action as unnecessary. Why would a college want to admit a dumber white student over a smarter yellow one? As it stands now, they sometimes have to admit the less qualified one. But I understand the original reason for the system, and that no system can be unflawed. I jut think it is slightly outdated now. And just judging by names, no one can tell these days anyway. If a college wants to brag to be about the diversity their students have, I think it should be a judge of a diversity of interests or abilities, rather than skin colors.