Transcendence

The idea of diversity is an outgrowth of a need to readjust/balance the scales of justice/equality and power. While a society may be capable of acknowledging the need for change and balance, the search for a stable definition of the term that captures the readjustment is difficult. For diversity has implicit in its current application the management of the concept by those in power. Power’s choice to respond to agitation and activist initiatives with the application of diversity as opposed to violence and brutality is worthy of praise. It is a choice they have made within the interest of society; yet, the response serves the interest of power itself and is subject to the pitfalls of consciousness which come from a superior position. It is possible to manage diversity without truly understanding it. Even in the face of the application of diverse ideas power is still subject to ask the question, “How can diversity help me increase my power?” From the top, the question may b...