Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Diversity and conflict

[Kevin Wolf (kjwolf]

At 12:33 PM 9/4/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> Assuming that I try to keep conflict in my life to a reasonable minimum, and
> assuming that diversity is a common precursor of conflict, why in the world
> would I be attracted to an intentional community of any sort that promotes
> diversity?

Steve
I highly recommend little diversity in values, principles, ethics and goals 
but wide diversity in most everything else.  For example you can have an 
all white community where great conflict occurs because some believe that 
homosexuals are deviants while others believe they are equally God's much 
loved children.  If some value the Bible word for word and use their 
interpretation as fundamental to their principles, values and goals, they 
may not be able to stop proselytizing to everyone in the community.  It 
doesn't matter what their skin color or ethnicity is.  At N Street we value 
and attempt to bring in a diversity of members but only those with common 
values etc.

Kevin
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Kevin Wolf
N Street Cohousing Community member
724 N St, Davis, CA  95616
530-758-4211
kjwolf [at] dcn.davis.ca.us

To download my facilitation manual or other material on
consensus decision making, visit www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/kjwolf

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