Amerika

Diversity replaces national cultures with internationalist, cosmpolitan substitutes for culture like ideology and organized religion. If you want your nation to be a happy place, insist on benevolent xenophobia, or acceptance of the fact that all foreign groups will conquer you if they can:

Starting in the early 1990s, I began writing that diversity itself is the problem, because it fragments social unity. Societies thrive when there is a cultural consensus on behavior, values, aesthetics, ideals, and faith. These “truths” are sometimes arbitrary, but they are still valuable.

Samuel P. Huntington said something similar in his 1996 The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order: that humanity would break into “civilizations” based on religion, ethnicity, and culture.

Of course, the democratization process needed diversity. First it needed it to prove equality, and secondly, it needs warm bodies labor to keep its stimulus cycle going. Never mind that diversity alienates the citizens, the money must flow… to government.

So for now, society is clinging to its diversity and entitlements.

In the future, this will change, mostly because diversity wrecked was was left of the West after WW1. Not just the grooming gangs, but the endless riots and crimes, the resentment, the swing vote that takes over cities like Houston and Detroit, and the bankruptcy, because our society could never afford this benefits system.

On top of that, diversity education had to dumb itself down to accept everyone, and as a result, is now worthless because a high school degree is a participation award:

Less than 20% of Houston ISD’s high school graduates earn enough to make a living wage in Harris County six years after obtaining their diplomas, according to an analysis of by Good Reason Houston.

HISD high school graduates reported a lower average annual wage after six years compared to the average Houston-area school district. HISD graduates with a bachelor’s degree earned $3,477 less, while HISD graduates with no postsecondary credentials earned $738 less than the average wage for all Houston-area graduates, according to the nonprofit’s data analysis.

Good Reason Houston’s study found that students were more likely to earn a living wage if they had met State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness reading standards or taken algebra in eighth grade. They also would increase their chances if they took at least five advanced courses in high school, such as Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes.

HISD is a highly diverse school district:

The student body at the schools served by Houston Independent School District is 9.8% white, 21.6% Black, 4.8% Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander, 61.8% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. In addition, 1.7% of students are two or more races, and 0% have not specified their race or ethnicity.

Also, 50% of students are female, and 50% of students are male. At schools in Houston Independent School District, 57.2% of students are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced price meal.

In Houston Independent School District, 46% of elementary students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 40% tested at or above that level for math. Also, 46% of middle school students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 34% tested at or above that level for math. And 53% of high school students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 39% tested at or above that level for math.

High cost, low outcome, and dumbed-down coursework in order to keep the students busy — you bet they can name all 642 genders and recite civil rights facts, however — translates to a high school degree being worthless. The ones making a living wage probably did so by going on to further schooling, and even with that, few thrive.

College became High School II because it had to dumb down to accommodate poor kids and diversity, but also because with government grants, almost anyone could go to college. That reduced the value of a college degree to employers, so in order to succeed, kids had to go on to graduate school.

This means that they are starting their working life in their late twenties with potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt. The only people who thrive in this system are the ones who give up on a life as an experience and devote themselves to their studies and careers, but such people have broken spirits and usually, broken minds.

Tags: diversity, education, obedience