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How 'diversity' breeds division
Mirza, Munira
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA690.htmDate Written: 2004-08-19 Publisher: Spiked Year Published: 2004 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX11119 Diversity training is supposed to help 'promote good relations' between different ethnic groups and capitalise on workforce diversity. However, there is warranted scepticism about whether such training alleviates tensions or exacerbates them. Much of the content of this training is overreliant on pop sociology and pseudo-therapeutic techniques. Participants are expected to talk about stereotypes they harbour deep in their subconscious, and disclose feelings of harassment and victimisation. Trainers claim to eliminate stereotypes in the workplace, yet in talking about 'different cultural perspectives' they end up generating new and more insidious stereotypes in their stead. Subject Headings |