{"id":6012,"date":"2022-12-31T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/?p=6012"},"modified":"2022-12-31T10:51:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:51:40","slug":"clarence-thomas-asks-a-question-too-many-canadians-are-afraid-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/clarence-thomas-asks-a-question-too-many-canadians-are-afraid-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarence Thomas asks a question too many Canadians are afraid to"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6012\" class=\"elementor elementor-6012\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-189af2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"189af2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-272c966\" data-id=\"272c966\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb5eea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bb5eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"What does 'diversity' really mean?\"<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94d4e67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94d4e67\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70ebd53\" data-id=\"70ebd53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d9f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32d9f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/Thomas-e1672501859539-275x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6013\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/Thomas-e1672501859539-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2022\/12\/Thomas-e1672501859539.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a586b70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a586b70\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d66d14\" data-id=\"4d66d14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b0e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06b0e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/jamil-jivani-clarence-thomas-asks-a-question-too-many-canadians-are-afraid-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamil Jivani&#8217;s recent piece<\/a>, he reflects on US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and his thoughtful approach on the value of diversity of thought.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>From the article, &#8220;If more Canadians were willing to ask the question posed by Thomas, our institutions might arrive at a more sincere and helpful definition of diversity. If, by \u201cdiversity,\u201d a government office, business or school means people who look differently from one another but share the same liberal worldview, then they should say so. But, if institutions want to contend with the concerns raised by Thomas and others, they should also be celebrated for embracing a sense of \u201cdiversity\u201d that is substantive and genuine.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f61f63d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f61f63d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c33fb9\" data-id=\"0c33fb9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db65e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1db65e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More from Jamil Jivani<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-791ad0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"791ad0b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f490ed\" data-id=\"3f490ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7620081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7620081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jamil is also the co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/speakforourselves.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speak for Ourselves<\/a>. A website created to spotlight, &#8220;writers and content creators who challenge the dominant narratives imposed on people of colour by media elites.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>On Oct 5, 2022 Jamil hosted a roundtable in which participants were invited to discuss Critical\u00a0 Race Theory in Canada. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q1E-MlhPiZo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is it a useful paradigm or fringe ideology<\/a>?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What does &#8216;diversity&#8217; really mean?&#8221; In Jamil Jivani&#8217;s recent piece, he reflects on US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and his thoughtful approach on the value of diversity of thought. From the article, &#8220;If more Canadians were willing to ask the question posed by Thomas, our institutions might arrive at a more sincere and helpful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7944,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}