Diversity is among the most abused words in the English language, and in today's hyper-politicized society, it is fashionable to talk about it endlessly.
To many, it is an obsession. Universities are infatuated with it (see Missouri, Columbia, and Princeton). Corporations race to be the most diverse and "inclusive" in their industry (see Target). Politicians do everything in their power to give the impression they are extending their privileged hands to the historically underprivileged (see Kennedy and Clinton families). Meanwhile, the sophisticated denizens of America's coasts preach the merits of diversity and multiculturalism from the safety of exclusive doorman buildings and wealthy suburbs. You see the point.
CAMBRIDGE – Women in Harvard College sororities and other gender-exclusive organizations are fighting back after administrators at the Ivy League school announced that future students who join off-campus single-sex social groups will be banned from holding campus leadership posts and from pursuing prestigious post-graduate opportunities like Marshall and Rhodes scholarships.
The new policies were outlined to students Friday and appear to target the centuries-old all-male Final Clubs over perceptions that the privately operated clubs are breeding grounds for sexual assault. But they also single out all-women Final Clubs as well as sororities, leading to concerns that the rules impose collective punishment on a wide range of students for the misdeeds of a few.
