Diversity (University Style) Defined

As the Supreme Court is about to hear a case from the University of Texas on the permissibility of basing admissions to universities on race, we will hear a lot of talk about a supposed need for diversity. In the context of affirmative action at colleges and universities, the term “diversity” is used with a particular meaning. It does not  refer to the desirable goal of creating a community of active discourse and widely diverse opinions where students are exposed to a variety of viewpoints  and theories, but rather to something quite different. Diversity is to plain, direct, race-quota based patronage as creation science is to plain, old fashioned  creationism,  that is a fundamentally intellectually dishonest fallback and expedient developed for public consumption after the actual belief becomes untenable.