LIBERAL COLUMNIST accidentally admits diversity isn’t a strength.

The world wrought by COVID-19 inspired many liberals to flee the big city to Trump country. No point paying expensive city rents when you work from home and everything is closed down. So they moved out closer to the rubes and saw their folkways and customs up close. Maybe these wealthy liberals will lose some of their disdain and appreciate the friendliness of Trumpites. Maybe they will begin to question the virtues of diversity.

Or, they may end up like Virginia Heffernan and cling to their cherished beliefs. They don’t want to become a deplorable — they’d just rather live next to deplorables than closer to Section 8 housing.

Diversity is so much better when it's in other peoples' neighborhoods....

Added thought: What use is diversity if you can't use it to signal your virtue by hiring some deplorable BIPOC to do your dirty work?