Racial diversity is not a strength.

Addressing Diversity in Private Life:I fundamentally disagree with many of your points. First, I would like to address the assumption that being white means you have very few if any friends of other race. I went to a school in a college town and had friends whose families are from all over the world. I interact and have many close friends of other races. I actually honestly cannot fathom not growing up with people and friends of other races. "You see, white parents want their white children to go to white schools. And who can blame them? African Americans score lower than whites in almost every subject. They also perform worse on tests that measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence."Children being aware of race is much different than rejecting it. You mention schools, and I am glad you brought that up."Other research has examined academic outcomes of racially segregated and diverse schooling that are closely tied to students" post-secondary careers and college trajectories. The gap in SAT scores between black and white students is larger in segregated districts, and one study showed that change from complete segregation to complete integration in a district would reduce as much as one quarter of the SAT score disparity."(https://tcf.org...)Really, that entire article is a good read as it goes into detail about how desegregation and integrated schools actually improved test scores and many other areas. You ask why white people want to do this. I have to stop you there. Because it is most certainly not all white people, it is a section of them who reject other races and are for some reason, probably because of history, adverse to being around other races. It in no way shows that separating races makes America stronger."This notion is a popular one: that people like to live among their own. But it's highly misleading, because research has shown that it is far more true for white Americans than for black Americans."You see, it is not all races. It has actually been found that it is far more prominent among just those who are white to have a desire to live only with those of their race. You conflate people (mainly white) who still do not want races to mix and therefore removing their children from certain schools with voluntary segregation. "A number of different studies (my own and others)" demonstrate that the desire for more diverse neighborhoods is driven importantly by concerns about discrimination in neighborhoods that are overwhelmingly white. I would not call that a truly "voluntary" choice, given that it is inextricably tied up with past and present circumstances of racial violence and discrimination towards blacks who move into neighborhoods that are all or very predominately white."(http://www.citylab.com...)Having people from different backgrounds and cultures strengthens us through having different perspectives, different world views. Really, I wonder why some are so defiant and against another human who literally is only different because of their Melanin.We are in an age like never before where races from around the world can go many places. And it is something to be celebrated. It strengthens us by teaching us new things, helping out children as that article points out. Addressing Public Life:I would like to start by saying your reference to the statistic in the "The Color of Crime" is released by a group known to be biased to wanting things like white separation and supremacy.Why would the inmates not embrace the strength of diversity? To that I have to say, that is an issue that has to be addressed in society first. If people are saying, as you are, that it is better to stay with people who happen to be the same skin color as you then that mentality is perpetuated and will not stop until people quit alienating and being scared to embrace other cultures that may not be familiar to them. By doing this, it creates animosity and then violence is perpetuated because we have said one race is better than another or not fit to mingle with another. History has shown us that saying one race is better is NOT a strength for society. "Inmates are almost invariably assigned cellmates of their own race. The State of California says its policy, by which hundreds of thousands of prisoners were segregated last year, reduces violence in the cells" You quoted. But therein lies my point. They are assigned cellmates of their own race. The prison system separates them immediately, creating a divide, creating separation and an immediate you versus others mentality. Then you wonder why they stick with the people they just met? That seems very counter intuitive. Also! You conveniently left this key bit of information out of your quote from your article, "California produced little evidence to support its segregation policy," So, your argument there does not hold water seeing as they did not even produce evidence that this initial segregation was effective or changed outcomes. The reality is, they don't. There is not actual evidence California doing this was more beneficial. They actually just helped segregate and create divides. That is a way to specifically not strengthen. Also - I would like to ask if you are under the impression, let's say if there was an all white prison, gangs would not still form and violence would not still happen? Because I think that is extremely incorrect. Let's talk about companies. It has been shown a more homogeneous team is not as good at handling issues. Therefore, racial diversity has a positive influence on our society through strengthening industry: "One of the most interesting recent findings in the area of work-team performance," says Neale, the John G. McCoy-Banc One Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution, "is that the mere presence of diversity you can see, such as a person's race or gender, actually cues a team in that there's likely to be differences of opinion. That cuing turns out to enhance the team's ability to handle conflict because members expect it and are not surprised when it surfaces." A more homogeneous team, in contrast, won't handle conflict as well because the team doesn't expect it. "The assumption is that people who look like us think like us, but that's usually just not the case," Neale says." (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu...)My position is clear. If it was not a strength it would not be good for out children's learning. The majority of Americans do not voluntarily separate, prisons do not need to be segregated, and it strengthens our companies.