diverse = 'ethnically different'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yup.

JL

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Leslie Decker
<jsemlekkermeisje at gmail.com>wrote:

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> 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.'
>
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > African-American Congressman on CNN just now: "China may be diverse
> > compared
> > > to us...."
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> > > JL
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