Forced Diversity?

A few events have brought this issue into my life recently. The first one is the drama with my local school board eliminating the county diversity policy and the second was a recent trip to a local branch of the world’s biggest store to buy a doll for the baby. The only doll of color in the whole store was a Dora that was way more then I was looking to spend. I was told by a manager that the demographics of my area didn’t qualify that store for an adequate number of dolls of color.

In regards to the store – I have decided to vote with my feet and take my money else where. The school situation is very complex and I won’t get into it here, but this all got me thinking – is it going to far to force diversity? I seek out people from other cultures to find mutual interest, is that necessary? Should I just ‘let’ diversity happen or actively initiate it? I grew up in a university town and went to school with kids from all over the world, all we knew was that people were from everywhere and no matter the race or religion we could play together.  It was a great experience that I would like Baby to enjoy, but this area isn’t like where I grew up.  If I don’t initiate the connection it may never happen…