Weird use of 'diversity' as a euphemism

[Richard Hakluyt]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

[Sheilbh]

The thing I don't get is how Latinos made the cut but Asians didn't.

Failure to organise politically?

[Martinus]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

What about gays? We are richer and have better jobs on average, yet we are considered a minority.

[Martinus]

Asians are aparently not people of color. 

Well, milky-light-yellow is not much of a color, to be honest. Try painting your walls with that - it comes off almost as white.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

What about gays? We are richer and have better jobs on average, yet we are considered a minority.

Are you?

I hadn't heard that is the case, higher disposable incomes certainly, but maybe not absolute incomes.

[Eddie Teach]

Asians are aparently not people of color. 

Well, milky-light-yellow is not much of a color, to be honest. Try painting your walls with that - it comes off almost as white.

That's just the Japanese.

[MadImmortalMan]

Gay isn't a race, silly.

[Razgovory]

Asians don't enjoy protected minority status.  Is that news to you?

Why do you think I vote Republican?

I thought it was because your parents were rich and you didn't want to pay taxes on their estate when they finally die.

[Razgovory]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

What about gays? We are richer and have better jobs on average, yet we are considered a minority.

Is that why you pretend to be gay?  So we'll think you are rich and have a good job?

[Valmy]

Asians are aparently not people of color. 

Well, milky-light-yellow is not much of a color, to be honest. Try painting your walls with that - it comes off almost as white.

Um...Indians and Pakistanis?  We have at least as many of them as East Asians here in Texas.

[Josquius]

America is doing it totally the wrong way. Race shouldn't matter at all for university entry these days.
What should matter however is wealth.
Poor white kids don't deserve to be lumped in with the rich white kids who traditionally dominate, they belong more with the poor black kids who traditionally were screwed over but now get a big leg up...as do the rich black kids.
If Asians want to study hard then all power to them- though I do hope universities consider more than pure test scores in picking their students.

[Ideologue]

Asians don't enjoy protected minority status.  Is that news to you?

Why do you think I vote Republican?

Qualified evil.

[Mr.Penguin]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

What about gays? We are richer and have better jobs on average, yet we are considered a minority.

A sexual minority, there is a difference, you know... 

[Syt]

Did they find themselves in '82?

The disco hot spots held no charm for them

[Martinus]

Minorities that are successful cease to be treated as minorities, hence the idea that minorities do badly because of nasty white people can be maintained.

What about gays? We are richer and have better jobs on average, yet we are considered a minority.

Are you?

I hadn't heard that is the case, higher disposable incomes certainly, but maybe not absolute incomes.

I would actually be curious how the average income/wealth level compares for gays/lesbians and non-gays/lesbians.