Comments by Dr. Danyel Cicarelli Most recent public comments by Dr. Danyel Cicarelli https://nowcomment.com/users/124540 This made me pause--it's a shift to think of everyone as diverse even though when we promote diversity we are promoting inclusion. Often as a white woman, I feel excluded from the term diverse which is counterintuitive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847025 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847025 Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:52 -0400 I had to look up the definition of cosmopolitan to consider the different meanings and connotation--which helped me see her ideas with greater clarity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847023 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847023 Definition of cosmopolitan (Entry 1 of 2) 1: having wide international sophistication: WORLDLY Greater cultural diversity has led to a more cosmopolitan attitude among the town's younger generations. 2: composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world a city with a cosmopolitan population 3: having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing … his cosmopolitan benevolence, impartially extended to all races and to all creeds. — Thomas Babington Macaulay 4: found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions a cosmopolitan herb Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:24:07 -0400 Diverse was once "code" for urban https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847020 https://nowcomment.com/documents/319504?scroll_to=2847020 I don't see urban as more diverse anymore. I worked in a suburban district (regional) and students came from everywhere on this list and more. I am in an urban district now and I don't see that list anymore. Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:38:19 -0400