The following is a diversity statement I wrote as part of a community college teaching application. I considered lying about my true beliefs and composing a fruity statement about the wonders of diversity, but I am too honest to pretend that it is anything other than a crock.

Many people consider the diversity of its people to be a foundation of the success and innovation of the State of California and the United States of America.

I am not one of these people.

I believe people should be treated as individuals, not as groups.  I am committed to teach each individual person to the best of my ability, paying no heed to their academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disabled or ethnic background.

Only by inciting each individual student to perform to the best of their ability, and by not crippling their development with collective expectations, will we maximize the success and innovation of all mankind.