Project at YSU stresses value of diversity

Diversity makes us stronger! Apparently someone has forgotten the words on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

USA1 the vast majority of people in those groups are born in the USA and disproportionately from the bible belt or are you simply against immigrants in those catagories

USA1 I am concerned by some of your comments

1st when and where did the NEA start compelling public school students to study Islam? Comparative religion classes would not be legitimate if they didn't cover Islam.

2nd The USA does not and has never had a national language, English is officially recognized as the common language. BTW California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado and Utah were part of Spain and Mexico before they were part of USA (should those states only speak Spanish?)

3rd The schools do teach Christianity to all of the students as it is imbedded into the virtually every history course that covers Western Civilization from the time of Augustus Caesar to the present. It is also very difficult to find an English literature or writing course that doesn't include reading material that is imbedded with Christian content.

4th If a business has an option for a foreign language on their VRM (voice response menu) that is because they want business from people who feel more comfortable communicating in that language; if that bothers you simply choose not to patronize that business. If you are bothered by language options on government VRM's consider the consequences on foreign tourists, students, diplomats if they were unable to communicate with our government agencies and follow our laws, rules, and regulations.

As for Universities catering to Muslims it would be due to them wanting to attract Islamic students to incrase their enrollment (more money coming in).

BTW thank you for clarifying your position it was difficult to understand what you were trying to say in your first two posts on this article.

USA1 it is true that NAMBLA is located in California, however over 70% of California's population was not born there. I also consider child molesters and rapists to be perverts and that happens just as much in the bible belt as anywhere else (its just not talked about.... maybe thats why it happens so much).

BTW calling people idiots based on their choice of religion doesn't provide any solutions; since most people follow the faith that they were raised in by their parents

Diversity is a meaningless pursuit. Nothing beats the pursuit and celebration of excellence.

howardinyoungstown, don't bother talking sensibly to people like USA1. they are insane. plain and simple. insane. they can't hear reason because they have no reasoning capabilities. unfortunately, many people who comment on the vindy threads are of this type.

for example, USA1 doesn't even know that in fact we do NOT have a national language. not on the books.

but then, do you really think USA1 really reads anything other than what the neocons put in his/her hands? all of that propaganda, the lies people soak up in fear?

nah.

insane. leave it be. otherwise, they'll drag you into insanity with them.

Lesthanzero, you must be exactly what your name states, as if you were otherwise, if you were as excellent as you state should be the drive, you would know that excellence is produced out of diversity rather than homogeneity. when you strive to be the same, to fit in to some category of sameness, you are no longer striving to break out of the pack, but to belong to it.

diversity asks us to be different.

and that is what really drives competition and excellence.

We are all immigrants some of you are ridiculous. This country was stolen from the Native Americans and developed under the act of the enslavement of Africans.

Why have I never read the headline" Project at YSU Stresses Value of Education"? Aren't universities for learning, not social engineering?
When will it be PC to stand up for the distinct American culture of which I am a part of? I am not part of a subgroup, I am an American! If you come to this country, respect this culture, speak this language, become a part of us. You are part of something different now.

howardinyoungstown (12 comments) posted 9 hours, 48 minutes ago

Diversity makes us stronger! Apparently someone has forgotten the words on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

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Diversity makes us stronger, and the United States became the strongest nation on earth because of the "melting pot" concept, BUT those ideas require that those of diverse backgrounds, upon arriving in America, nationalize themselves and become citizens. In other words, THEY conform to and blend in with Americans. They don't expect Americans to conform to them.

As long as we're a nation of 'hyphenated Americans' we're weak. As long as loud-mouth special interest groups get their way over the silent majority, we're in trouble. Look around - you can see it happening.

NoBS are you suggesting that Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans give up their cultural traditions? Or are you forgetting that it took the European immigrants from 5 to 10 generations to be more assimilated into American society and now you are expecting other to assimilate in 1 or 2 generations. Please remember history most Irish immigrants arrived in the US from 1840-1900 however they were still fighting to be accepted and recognized until WWII and some would argue that they are still doing so today.

And as I said earlier the American southwest probably should speak Spanish based on its history.

I completely agree that division makes us week and unity makes us stronger; however there is no reason for us not to unite due too our cultural ancestry.

Since it was brought up in an earlier post I would point out that the LGBT community only gained its political power through combining their disparate groups and becoming more accepting of all ethnicities and cultural backrounds which is what the Rainbow flag represents.

Howard, I stand by what I said. You cite the Irish and Italians coming to America. OK - they WANTED to become citizens. In the case of the Italians, they learned to speak English. (The Irish learned to speak American English! lol) But did the Irish or Italians of 100-150 years ago demand that US citizens conform to them? Did the Italians demand that schools teach their kids in Italian? No. They wanted to become homogenized into American society. They would no more have wanted to be called Irish-Americans or Italian-Americans than the man in the moon. They were Americans, and proud of it.

Your statement that the southwest states "should" be speaking Spanish tells me all I need to know about where you're going with this discussion. I say no, they should be speaking English. The English-speaking Americans conquered the Spanish-speaking and Native-American-speaking peoples. Similarly, there was a time when a good part of Europe spoke Latin, the language of Rome. We still see Roman influences in England and Ireland today. But would you say the people who, 1000 years ago, inhabited what's now England "should" have spoken Frisian, Gaelic, Middle English, et al, or "should" they have spoken the Roman language - the language of their conquerors? Same thing in the southwest US. We won, so we got to choose the language.