Diversity

In America, the concept of diversity is important. Education institution stresses the importance of diversity by admitting minority students who are less qualified. Corporation promotes themselves as a diversed workplace in order to attract customers, investors and employees.

In order to achieve diversity, institutions arbitarily put people, which they believe belongs to different category, together. e.g. In a commercial, there is 1 African American male 1 Anglo female 1 Asian male and 1 Hispanic female.

The objection of promoting diversity is to eliminate discriminations and categorization.

But hold on....

If it holds true that we should not discriminate or categorize others, then why should we diverse? Since the concept of diversity is based on having different categories in the first place. If there were no categories, we do not need diversity.

Aren't we supposed to be all the same? Whether we be Asian female, Hispanic homosexual male, White blond old lady.

If we are really all the same, what is diversity? And why diverse?