A commitment to “diversity” is essentially a game of inverted charades—the white team is challenged to portray some rendition of apology, the Black team rage. The idea sought is preassigned but points are awarded to the most innovative portrayals. The game is irreducibly simple, but the stakes are enormous, as if one played Old Maid for the lives of one’s family. The Black team is allowed the most outlandish claims—like the wrong side in a lawsuit, or a guilty defendant; the White team must respond in a more limited fashion, points awarded for mincing and groveling, and allowed to exercise its
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