diverse = 'ethnically different'

[Leslie Decker]

In primary and secondary education circles, diverse often has the meaning
'non-white' or 'of non-Northern/Western European descent.' You'll often hear
things like, "This school is very diverse,"  when it's 95% Hispanic (and 99%
of those Hispanics are Mexican).

I once had a lecturer in Education classes at grad school who not only made
statements as in the above, but used to say things like 'people who are
diverse' or 'people of diverse ethnicity.'

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> On Jan 18, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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> > African-American Congressman on CNN just now: "China may be diverse
> compared
> > to us...."
> >
> > JL
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
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