Diversity is not a four letter word

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This article was very interesting! The author is Victoria Pynchon and she talks about her views on Diversity and how it has affected her and her career. She says she didn't talk about diversity for 30 years. She says "It’s a toxic topic,” I’d say to people who asked me to comment. “I don’t want to be a woman lawyer. I just want to be a lawyer.” As her career furtheres she couldn't escape the topic of diversity and explais why diversity is such a toxic topic "If you are not a minority in American culture or a marginalized majority (women) you do not have to think about your place in the society. You are the society. You are not a “male” lawyer or a “white” doctor."-Pynchon. This Article his on a lot of the diversity issues we read in chapter 2 like the glass ceiling, race diversity, and sexual orientation in the workplace. One of her suggestions for managing diversity comes from people she respects and its to make the context of conversations about diversity positive. So instead of looking at diversity like a hindurance or issue focus in the benefits of diversity. Some benefits of diversity as we all have read from the text is higher creativey in decision making, betterunderstanding and service of customers, higher company performance, and lower litigation expenses. In the article they say by focusing on the benefits rather than the problems of diversity the workforce can begin to embrace diversity policies. I believe the more aware individuals, organization and groups (level of analysis) become about diversity the more they will start to understand it and embrace it because the benefits will outweigh the problems if its properly managed.
The question I pose is do you think by making people more aware of diversity and its benefits this will lead to a more positive approach and perception of diversity?