(August 31, 2021 at 3:44 pm)tackattack Wrote: feel free to elaborate. How are affinity groups not segregation and how is it not just like using wars to stop more wars or yelling to stop more yelling?
It isn’t segregation. Think of them as working focus groups. An affinity group is usually better able to delineate a problem and offer solutions than a more diverse group, whose members may have different standards and goals.
For example, imagine an organization wants to address the issue of substandard housing among the Black segment of a community. You’re more likely to get actionable ideas from an eight-member Black affinity group that a group made up of two Blacks, two Whites, two Hispanics and two Pacific Islanders.
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