Lauren Rebuth

ENG 101
Outline
29 September 2014
Diversity
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Intro

What is Diversity? Diversity is being diverse and represents many things. Michaels whole
writingfs are about the trouble with diversity.
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Thesis

Diversity not only involves how people perceive themselves, but how they perceive others,
which are talked about in Walter Ben Michaels The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to
Love Identity and Ignore Inequalit.
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Body

Michaels ideas are a good use to make his point. He mentions the Great Gatsby as an example.
Mentions race and how we should celebrate it. He shows different examples of diversity.
I agree when Michael says our racial identity should be accepted and that there is a value to our
culture. I disagree when Michaels talks about how our society doesnt like to talk about things
we dont appreciate about our diversity.

Michaels topics switch very fast. He also added a lot of extra fluff words. writing is very
politically correct, using long and complicated words that should be elaborated on a little more.
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Conclusion

Diversity is about culture and race, but is not limited to just those two alone.