I have had it, HAD IT, with the mischaracterization and misuse of the concept of diversity.  The idea of diversity, as defined by modern western culture, is a purely superficial construct that concerns itself with rigid uniformity of thought, the rejection of moral absolutes (with the notable exception of their selected and oft-contradictory moral absolutes [the definition of dogma]), and the counter-productive forced visual fulfillment of quotas of varying skin-colors and sexual orientations.  It is also acceptable and even encouraged to exclude and to demean white men, and you get the trifecta if they're Christian.  These views are not held by the average American, but they are held by some, and many who hold them are very deeply involved in our education system and our media.  Just type "white privilege course" into a search engine sometime and see how many colleges, universities,and even high schools offer and in some cases require these courses and lessons.  In November, actress/filmmaker Lena Dunham tweeted a video wherein she imagined how wonderful the world would be if "the extinction of straight white men" were to come about.  And who could forget MTV's "New Year's Resolutions for White Guys" video?  (And people wonder why I don't have a twitter account or cable/satellite.)  The ostensible goal of such diversity is to help oppressed groups.  (Notice that oppression is assumed.)  So, symbolic gestures are made.  But as their actions fail to achieve the desired outcomes, and even have the opposite effect, these gestures are enforced all the more, until the diversity is no longer the means to the end, but the end itself.  This is not diversity. Let's see what God has to say on the subject.  The answer is found in what is probably the best-known verse in all of scripture:  "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16).  This verse teaches us that the one God loves all of the people of the world, without exception, without demographic games, and that He loves us so much that He went to unbelievable (almost) lengths to provide salvation to any of us who will entrust ourselves to Him.  God reached out to the homosexuals in Sodom and Gomorrah and offered them salvation.  He brought Joseph to Egypt and enabled him to save the Egyptians from coming famine that they would otherwise have been unable to foresee.  He brought a Canaanite prostitute into the royal family by which He would bring His own Son to us.  In Matthew 28:19 He commanded us who follow Him to "make disciples of all the nations" without exception, making us brothers and even members of the same body.  In Mark 16:15 He commands us to "go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.  In verse 16 He goes on to outline His requirement for who will be saved and who will be condemned, and it is far better and more equitable than any equal opportunity or affirmative action program.  He sent Philip out of his way to an Ethiopian man so that he could hear the gospel, believe, and pass from death to life (Acts 8:26-39).  In Revelation 5:9-10 John records the song sung by the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders around the throne of God before the Lamb:  "Worthy are Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for Thou was slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.  And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."  And my Lord hung on my cross and prayed:  "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34).

Today my classes listened to the self-told stories of three young adults who came from lives of crime, academic underachievement, anger, and bitterness and went on to graduate high school and go on to college.  I couldn't help but notice the one common thread throughout each of their stories.  Every one of them grew up without his or her father.  We all need the same things.  And if you want to play the demographics game, the statistics hold true any way you slice them:  people who grow up without their fathers are at far greater risk to end up without a diploma, chronically unemployed and poor , in prison, and any combination of these miserable states.  Everyone needs a Daddy.  Everyone needs life. "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou has sent" (John 17:3).