{"id":6365,"date":"2016-06-14T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/14\/is-diversity-our-strength\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:08:55","slug":"is-diversity-our-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/14\/is-diversity-our-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Diversity Our Strength?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Thomas Sowell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/14\/will_orlando_change_anything_130878.html\">poses<\/a> the question:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Is diversity our strength? Or anybody&#39;s strength, anywhere in the world? Does Japan&#39;s homogeneous population cause the Japanese to suffer? 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