The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality

A brilliant assault on our obsession with every difference except the one that really matters-the difference between rich and poor

If there's one thing Americans agree on, it's the value of diversity. Our corporations vie for slots in the Diversity Top 50, our universities brag about minority recruiting, and every month is Somebody's History Month. But in this provocative new book, Walter Benn Michaels argues that our enthusiastic celebration of "difference" masks our neglect of America's v...