How many does it take to be "diverse"?

Tue Feb 19 14:53:24 UTC 2008

Sort of like "minority" ('member of a minority group'): as in "There were only two minorities among the applicants." (Have we confabulated about that usage at some point?)

--Charlie
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>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:53:11 -0800
>From: Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff at ALVORD.COM>
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>Amusing: "diverse" now basically means "colored," then.
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