Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Describing Diversity (John Carver)

[Heather Carver (tierrabodhi]

LOL! Reminds me that years ago in a cohousing workshop, someone said that
when most people talk about diversity, they mean they want someone who
"looks different, but thinks just like me." He then assured us that living
in cohousing we would have plenty of diversity to deal with, no matter what
everyone looks like.

Heather Carver (No relation to John, afaik)
Columbia Ecovillage
Portland, Oregon

   2. Re: Describing Diversity (John Carver)
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> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 23:44:53 -0700
> From: John Carver <jcarver [at] islandnet.com>
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> When it comes to being inclusive of diversity I find what really matters
> is differences of personalities, not differences of colour, ability or
> sexual orientation. How we all get along when some are competitive and
> demanding, some always resistant of changes, some communicate in ways
> that some others find embarrassing, some just naturally don't have the
> same sense of clean as some others.
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> But I don't think you'd put on your website "approximately 12% of
> residents are aggressive, 8% are docile, 16% are perfectionists,..."
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> John Carver
> Pacific Gardens Cohousing, Nanaimo, BC
> (where diverse personalities bloom and flourish)
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