And most of the world's richest countries are now the destination of immigrants from around the world, making America, Britain and other wealthy nations hugely diverse.But there is some evidence that diversity has costs.
Full public financing broadens the pool of candidates beyond the wealthy and well connected, promoting diversity and competition.
Many marchers argued that if social housing continued to disappear while rents increased then the capital would be transformed into a "boring" playground for a wealthy elite, its vitality and diversity lost to the super-rich.
Unlike Molenbeek, which has been swamped by the police since the Paris attacks and was the target of raids during the hunt for Mr. Abdeslam, Schaerbeek offers a mix of wealthy and immigrant neighborhoods, a diversity that until the attacks here had spared it from intense scrutiny as a jihadist base.
Many also believe that campaigns are paid for largely by special interests and wealthy individuals who represent neither the diversity of our state nor the best interests of the public at large in their interactions with elected officials.
She and her husband liked the small city's proximity to Manhattan, its ethnic diversity, its graceful mix of wealthy neighborhoods and tidy, affordable homes.
That's diversity without equity– funding a wealthy white org's diversity initiative instead of funding a smaller Black org that's been doing that work for decades.
This is one of those rare occasions in which a policy might lead to a virtuous economic cycle: poor kids at wealthier schools could do better; low-income schools could focus on fewer students; wealthier schools could receive subsidies and benefit from diversity.
Similarly, a worsening trend of these indicators (minimum dietary diversity and MAD) was evident among wealthier mothers and mothers who reported frequent health service use.
There is strong opposition, and I'll join in if it looks as if these Games will become just another tea party for the wealthy and elite with little economic, ethnic and racial diversity.
That policy, say internal and external critics who describe the body as almost overwhelmingly white, male and middle class, chokes off diversity and means that the retired and wealthy find it easier to be involved as elected members.
