Diversity our source of strength


Strength in diversity: We are a multi-ethnic country that has embraced diversity and see it as a source of strength.

We don’t need studies to tell us that being a multi-ethnic society makes us brighter, more creative and more likely to come up with the right answers. We know it because we are now living it.

THE past few weeks, I have been reading articles on how social diversity makes us smarter. Putting together people of different races, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations actually leads us to make smarter and more innovative decisions than homogeneous groups.

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