Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Diversity

[Joel Spector (joels]

[Tony:]

>When I say diversity, I mean that once you find people
>who accept basic communitarian ideals [...snip...]
>then you basically accept anyone
>who accepts those communitarian ideals without
>regard to [list of traits deleted].

Tony, I think this is the point.  How many people accept "basic
communitarian ideals", and how many other traits are associated
with that set of ideals?  In addition, how many people are likely
to hear of *your* particular endeavor and be interested in beign
a part of it?  If nobody in your core group has an Inuit in-law,
you're not likely to end up with any Inuit in your community. 
The same likely goes for whatever other groups and/or traits you'd
care to include.

best,

Joel