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What better image to portray the multi facets of diversity than that of a diamond, this unremarkable piece of carbon that, when cut and polished in particular ways, transforms into a jewel that gives a sparkle to life. Diversity, as a biological phenomenon, is simply a fact of life. By “cutting” it and “polishing” it with our joys, hopes and fears, it transforms into something different, ranging from a reason for celebration to a source of trouble and tension.
We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature … Fear of difference is dread of life itself.
Mary Parker Follett 1924 (Graham 1995: 86)
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Vriesendorp, S. (2007). Diversity — A Diamond in the Rough. In: April, K.A., Shockley, M.L. (eds) Diversity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627529_2
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