I’m sure all the college grads who are desperately seeking work right now would fare much better if they had completed a course requirement in diversity.

Hillary Cherry of the YAF blog reports.

University Forces Leftist Indoctrination in the Name of “Diversity”

Youth unemployment remains high, and the Youth Misery Index continues to increase. How does the University of Washington address this problem? By adding a diversity course to their list of prerequisites.

Starting in the fall of 2013, University of Washington students cannot graduate until completing a course in “diversity.” Students will now have less time to focus on their selected area of study while receiving their required dose of leftist indoctrination.

The school states, “The requirement is meant to help the student develop an understanding of the complexities of living in increasingly diverse and interconnected societies.”

Will these so-called “diversity” courses include all ideas and perspectives? An article from the Daily UW notes, “Diversity courses will focus on at least one constructed identity and aim to address aspects of prejudice and inequality in contemporary society.”

The diversity coursework is said to embrace “sociocultural, political and economic diversity at local, regional, and global scales.” Students will now be required to take classes on “constructed identities” and questions of “oppression” from a very particular and subjective perspective. None of which will help students find jobs to pay off their record-high college loans.

Sheila Edwards Lange, vice president of the “Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity,” stated, “I think that we’re finally going to be able to provide the learning that our students need for this century and the future and beyond.”

What kind of learning does the University of Washington think its students need for this “century and the future and beyond?” Not practical economics or business knowledge, but “courses that emphasize constructed identity such as gender, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, religion, and age intending to tackle prejudice and inequality in contemporary society.”