A contingent in America has recently decided that the U.S. would be better off if we tried to slow the diversification of our population. But Atlantic offshoot Quartz.com reports there is a sea of evidencethat suggests otherwise.
A large body of research—conducted across dozens of years, countries, and situational settings—maintains that racial and ethnic diversity is critically important to our communities, and to our own brains. Here are some of the research’s conclusions: “In 2003, researchers found banks with racially diverse employees yielded better financial performance than those that didn’t. In a 2006 study, diverse juries were shown to be more adept at . . . recalling information without error. And a memorable study from this summer showed how diversity in parent couples can literally produce taller, smarter kids.” Diversity has also been shown to cause people to think more critically, consciously, and deeply.