Do you embrace diversity? People and otherwise.

In olden days countries used to send explorers to discover new land to exploit its resources.Countries were invaded and plundered and bounties bought back home.Later on these invaders mostly Europeans settled in new lands and ruled for centuries.Later on when native become more aware of their rights they gained independence and the invaders left or stayed . Now a days the immigrant are mostly from third world countries seeking better life and employment in rich countries.Most of these migrant do meager jobs on low wages which the native citizen of these countries don't want to do.So their is mutual benefit.Remember these people(immigrants) are not in developed countries through invasion but, because they are allowed and invited. I think opinion of people should be taken into account whether they want immigrant or not .If majority of people don't want immigrant and they think they can do without them, then government should stop immigration.Other wise these developed nations should learn to tolerate immigrants and cultural diversities.

That fool murdered 90+ people to "communicate" his opinion! That is the behavior of an animal without the gift of speech! He's no better than the Muslim jihadists he hates - he did the exact same thing! (Please forgive that outburst). I am fine with diversity, as you say it adds spice to life. However I think it is rather ridiculous how in modern society we focus on it so much and try to force it on people so much. I think forced segregation is wrong, but I think forced integration is wrong to. Both extremes led to resentment. Either a minority gets oppressed or the people forced to integrate may get resentful and express that resent in a violent way. Let those who love diversity live it - let those who are most comfortable with those like them have the option of living that way. Besides, it seems like some people prefer to be with those like them. For example, there are white majority churches, black majority churches and racially mixed churches here in the United States. There are no longer laws that are forcing this segregation, but people seem to do it naturally. Would it really be right for the government to step in with a law that said each church was be made up of 50% that race and 50% that race? Not only would this be problematic location wise, but it would also take away people's choices. If you take away choices, you get more violence and maybe more racism. I say let people be and don't try to engineer diversity. Don't give out prizes because one is black, white or purple - do it because the person has merit or skill in whatever the prize is for. If a community is has a majority race, don't try to "fix" it by adding forced diversity (this is what fuels racism a lot of the time). If a community is diverse, than great! Leave that alone to and let the community takes its natural course. Personally I wish in modern society we could stop focusing on race so much. I wish race was not a perquisite for punishment or privilege. Does it matter? I mean really? Why do we make such a fuss about it? On both ends of the scale? Can't we just let it go and move forward as one? However I would never use violence to express my opinion on this. That is to far to go for ANY opinion. Debate yes, force no.

Being from another country myself I find that people as a whole are more accepting of immigrants. It is not so much the diversity that they are against but their efforts to cling onto what they know...we are all a product of our environment. People who grow up being told that one race is superior to another will naturally develop that mindset while people who grew up with friends from all backgrounds are more accepting. As the world modernizes and progresses there will be more opportunities for people to be exposed to others from different walks of life thus reducing the areas where narrow mindedness can endure.

For me cultural, nationality, racial, etc. diversity is something I'm used to since I was a little kid, and now I see it as completely natural. When I speak with a person who is different from me in one of those aspects, I don't look at him or her as "omg, I'm talking with a person who isn't from my same country" but as "I'm talking to another human". People are too obsessed in trying to make us different, when we're not.

Diversity is a positive thing and I don't understand how anyone can see it as anything but that! How is something automatically wrong just because it is different to what you are used to, and how can you instantaneously judge another human being because they happen to be from another country or are of another race to you? These kind of attitudes are incredibly narrow minded and they upset me so much. People need to learn to accept and to treasure differences - they are after all what makes our world so interesting! How boring it would be if we were all exactly the same and shared the same culture and beliefs!

I live in UK in London and this city is definitely multi national and multi cultural. On the streets you can see many races and many nations which are gather in one multi cultural society. I'm not British. I came to this country six years ago. I had to accepted law, system and main language. My life changed. Of course there is many problems as you live in such kind of society like some people force their religion or some nation are more criminogenic than the others but the key to success lying in balance.

i like diversity in our society. it makes our experiences and existence rich and wonderful. however, there are people who feel threatened by this diversity. these are the right wing fundamentalists who want a society purely of the locals. they have great disdain and anger towards immigrants who come to their countries to compete for jobs, housing and other benefits. i guess this is a reality that we all have to confront - this threat.

I do embrace diversity. We, as humans are all brothers and sisters. We really can't understand why he needed to do that. This kind of a person I think deserves to live somewhere else, maybe Pluto than killing all these innocent people only to satisfy his crooked ideals.

Diversity is good for us and I embrace it with the mantle of equality among all races. The shooting in Norway is a sad reality. You cannot just shoot someone in the head because he is different from you. No race is not above other races, no culture is above other cultures. We share a bond within us that makes us humans. We were made diverse and we don't even know why it is that way.

I believe I have always had an interest in different individuals that differ in culture, ethics, morals, and so on. People that are different can actually be beneficial globally in business. Now before college it was more difficult for me to actually know the true meaning of diversity. However, since I have been in school, I am learning that life is very fragile and I look at all men are created equal and take this to be very serious. I look at all individuals as equal no matter their age, culture, religion, or other types of background.