“…found that members of a social majority are more likely to voice unique perspectives and critically review task-relevant information when there is more social diversity present than when there is not. Moreover, this is true even when the people who are “different” don’t express any unique perspectives themselves. Our research suggests that the mere presence of social diversity makes people with independent points of view more willing to voice those points of view, and others more willing to listen.”
Hmm. Interesting. I wish that I could provide some perspective here, but considering that I always provide an element of diversity to the discussion I am involved in, it is difficult to know if this is true. In engineering I have found that I am typically the only female (or maybe there are one or two of us) in a room full of white men. I am curious what others think about the findings of the article. Does having a person of different race, color, creed or gender participating change the dynamic?
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