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It may sound bold, audacious, even presumptuous to announce that we are developing the successor to the “Diversity” paradigm. History shows that by definition, “movements” start somewhere and run their course; paradigms inevitably mature and “shift” away from the perspectives that generated them. It’s just reality. What has proven to be far less perishable than movements and paradigms are durable sets of concept-anchored principles that transcend shifting borders or transient economic, social and political structures. “Although the classic concept of neutrality…is not an invention of nineteenth-century juristic thought,” wrote Jessup and Deak, “it is undeniable that these principles of an earlier era took more definite shape and developed under the impetus given by the strong stand of the United States…” and it continues to progressively develop today. Yet neutrality remains powerfully tethered to the precepts of its origin despite time and the winds of frequent and material social and political change. For more information, email [email protected] or call 412-860-8500
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CultureNeutral® Framework: An Introduction
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“…we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s…”
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
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Diversity of Thought and Opinion
Don Lemon, CNN Commentator
Mo Ivory, Attorney, Atlanta B-103 Radio
Crystal Wright,
ConservativeBlackChick.com
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Media Focused on “Race.”
But…
Fox News
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The Differences Dilemma
• Actual Quote: “… more race and difference-conscious …”
• Diversity Concept: Late 1960s
• Focus sharpened after Bakke 1978, SCJ Lewis Powell Remarks• Peter Wood, “The Invention of A Concept”
• Value & Embrace Differences Since Then
• Priming Dilemma: No matter what, don’t think of …
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Time Flies Like an Arrow
Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Priming Paralysis
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“My DNA breaks down as follows: I’m 23% from Ghana, 17% from the British Isles, 15% from Cameroon, 12% Finnish, 11% Southern European, 7% Togo, 6% Benin, 5% Senegal and 4% Portuguese.”Vanessa WilliamsLos Angeles Times, April 27, 2013A Bundle of Differences
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Primary HR Diversities Identity Parsing by Differences
1. Civilization/Culture (Familial, Community, Regional, National)
10. Race
2. Gender11. Orientation (Hetero, LGBTQIA…)
3. Ethnicity 12. Age (Generation)
4. Disability/Exceptionality 13. Language
5. Class (Building, Office, Shirt) 14. Social Status (Privilege/Power)
6. Education 15. Religion
7. Political/Ideological16. Conscious Choice (Preferences, Priming/Prejudice)
8. Talents (Baseline Aptitudes & Acquired Skills)
17. Critical Life Experience (e.g., Veteran/Civilian)
9. Personality Type18. Unconscious Bias(Stereotyping, Implicit Association, Neurology)
“To get the finest beef, you must nourish the
whole cow.”
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“Diversity Tension” = Conflict‘The more intense the conflict (differences), the more we seek to cognitively simplify, the greater the likelihood of reducing the situation to a “type” for the purposes of cognitive resolution.’
Laurie Coltri, “Conflict Diagnosis and ADR”
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Catalyst 2013 Census of Fortune 500:
“Still No Progress After Years of No Progress”
“…progress in the F500 remains flat…”
Catalyst Press Release 2/25/2014 NEW
YORK (December 10, 2013)
Ceilings: Glass & Bamboo,
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Private Sector Desegregation From White Men
“Segregation index captures the percent of employees that would need to switch jobs in order to have equal representation across major occupational skill distinctions.”
Source: “Documenting Desegregation” Stainback & Tomaskovic-Devey (2013)
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Obama Calls For Neutrality Rather Than Diversity
“If you’ve got the IRS
operating in anything
less than a neutral and
non-partisan way, then
that is outrageous…”
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Tippecanoe County Clerk displaying a Swiss flag on desk.
“It was a… visual reminder to myself and the candidates that this is a neutral zone.”
- Christ Coffey
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Neutrality Isn’t New
“Enables the provision of humanitarian aid in the midst of intense conflict…even war.”
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The First American
Neutrality was
declared by George
Washington in 1793.
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CultureNeutral® Keys:
#1 Culture
#2 Conflict
#3 Sovereignty
#4 Citizenship
#5 Neutrality
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There is a chance that
cultural conflict will not
go away anytime soon.
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