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Title: The Diversity Hoax: Law Students Report from Berkeley by David Wienir, Marc Berley, Dennis Prager ISBN: 0-9669940-0-0 Publisher: FAST (Foundation for Academic Standards & Tra Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (28 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: An enlightening, powerful collection of essays
Comment: "How many Asians currently play in the NBA? Are they under-represented? If so, why is this tolerated, and what must *WE* do to remedy this grievous situation?"

These absurd questions are not so absurd, at least according to the Leftist PC-police who rule the roost at Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley's prestigious law school). A straightforward, powerful, often-disturbing collection of essays by Boalt students, "The Diversity Hoax" questions the self-serving notions of "diversity," "minority," and "racism" from the ultra-liberal perspective. Readers lucky enough to pick up this volume are left with little doubt that far too many students--and far too many educators and administrators--at Boalt view any opinion or individual outside of their narrow view of "tolerance" with extreme intolerance.

Why does Boalt's definition of "diversity" refer only to racial diversity? Why do Boalt professors and administrators turn a deaf ear and a blind eye in the face of blatant personal attacks on those who have the 'audacity' to express themselves from anything but a ultra-liberal perspective? Why is the eternal message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ignored by those who hold his words most sacred?

The answers to these and other questions contained in this powerful little volume, though certainly debatable, make this collection a fascinating read. Compiled by David Wienir (a second-year law student at Boalt) and Marc Berley, "The Diversity Hoax" is as provocative as its title. After reading this book, I am far more aware of the close-minded intolerance practiced by those who most vocally preach "tolerance."

I heartily recommend "The Diversity Hoax" to anyone who has ever had the courage to express their "minority" views (take that either way) to a hostile crowd, to those who have been shamed and silenced by the same, and to people of all ethnic backgrounds who want a fresh perspective on the true meaning of diversity and racism. Don't pass this up; it's a keeper.

Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Most Important books of the Nineties
Comment: Diversity Hoax presents a collection of sensible and sapient essays that are needed to counter the juggernaut of fanatical multiculturalism that has a stranglehold on much of academia today. Written be law students at Berkley, the writers lament how what was once the embodiment of true liberalism has become an intellectual concentration camp of politically correct dogma that unjustifiably condemns any and all who dare to differ.

Especially chilling is the way that a devotion to so called "diversity"-arguable a noble goal, obliterates the benefits of diverse ideas. Berkley unfortunately has become an assembly line that mass produces different color clones. They may be different races, but the thought process is constrainingly monolithic.

Despite the dreary collegiate portrait painted by this representation of students, the book is more hopeful than dejecting. These brave young voices are thriving against the tsunami of group-think as they dare to speak out against this new breed of racism that calls itself "diversity." They courageously embrace the principles of Martin Luther King and make a strong case for treating people as individuals. With future lawyers like these, America's trouble-plagued judicial system may have better days ahead.

Rating: 1
Summary: Disappointing--lacking in context and careful research
Comment: A recent article in the San Francisco Daily Journal (a respected legal journal)by Karen Coleman describes this book as "a compilation of student essays...the book paints an unadmiring portrait of the defenders of affirmative action at Boalt." _The Diversity Hoax_ does not contribute, in a meaningful way, to the national conversation that is heating up as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the Michigan cases. Instead this book expends its energy on a shallow attack against "defenders of affirmative action"...failing to inform readers about the deeper issues of the affirmative action debate.
To better understand this important national issue, people should read more informed sources such as _Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action_, which does give history and context as well as a personal account.