diversity

An old, old wooden ship from the civil war era.

brian fantana: what in the hell'z diversity?
ron burgundy: I could be wrong, but i believe that diversity is an old, old wooden ship from the civil war era.

by people know me February 27, 2005

diversity

(Cultural) Originally, diversity of ideas and viewpoints were recognized as important to many different endeavors such as learning and decision-making - the idea being that the over time the best ideas and/or viewpoints would win out in fair competition. Unfortunately, once this concept was generally embraced as a good thing, it was subsequently perverted and has become a euphemism for quota preferences given to politically favored minority groups in such areas as hiring, promotion, granting of federal contracts and admission into educational systems.

Genuine diversity would imply that someone from Greenland or New Zealand would be a welcome addition to increase the diversity of a university culture. Instead, administrators believe their university somehow becomes more diverse by adding one more black from down the road, increasing black % enrollment from 7.23% to 7.24%. Odd how administrators never seem to notice that blacks don't really contribute to diversity anyway since blacks usually restrict their company to that of other blacks in the student union, classroom, fraternity, university clubs, etc.

by FigurinOutLife September 22, 2005

diversity

In Marketing and Business:

1. The millennial's version of synergy
2. A buzzword used for virtue signalling
3. (In hiring) A deceptive practice designed to homogenize the ideals and thoughts of employees
4. When employees and co-workers eat lunch exclusively with members of the same race.

"To serve our users well, we need a diverse workforce that’s representative of the users we serve. That's why we lie on our marketing material to make it look like we are 90% African American and women." - Google

"We know intuitively that diversity matters." - McKinsey & Company

" YouTube illegally used quotas as recently as last year in an attempt to hire more black, Latinx, and female engineers." -Wired Magazine

"Welcome to the tour! My coworkers are super diverse! Over here in the lunch area, all the Asians eat together. And over there, all the Latinos. And over there, all the non-binary trans-racial zir's."

by Zuck le Cuck January 26, 2019

Diversity

An old, old wooden ship used in the civil war era.

Did you see the great battle between Diversity and the heterogeneous?

by Mr. Morrison April 26, 2007

Diversity

difference between cultures. Although I am a liberal i do agree it has been taken to an extreme. People don't understand that other people's cultures do not need to be forced upon others. All that is needed is simple recognition. Everyone should be allowed to do their thing whether it is christmas, kwanza, or whatever. The difference is they should not have to abolish their own culture to avoid hurting other groups feelings. Wehn you played with your barbies on the playground, if another kid didn't like your barbie, that didn't mean you had to throw it away did you? No! the other kid just didn't play with it

by a smart one July 22, 2003

diversity

an old old wooden ship

"I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship. I don't think the network was talking about an old wooden ship, Ron." -Anchorman

by 4t7j4k4 September 6, 2005

diversity

The variety of life forms on the planet.

Can also be used as a political term meaning forced race mixing.

The planet has a natural diversity of animal and plant life.

by zos12345 December 17, 2013