I think we should think about representing the people who need it most first. We don’t even have that yet. You’re quick to take the conversation off of the people who lived most of their lives (at best) never seeing themselves in stories or feeling like they can share their voice. At worst, they see stereotyping, bigotry, and violence directed at people like them. I think, for once in this thread, you should think about why people are prioritizing this kind of diversity. Let’s keep it small and specific to people who need it most now.
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so diversity should only be provided to people who need it? I find that odd. If it’s about writing a compelling story, all forms should be considered.
Sorry, I personally disagree
Representation is great, but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about factoring in other components in order to create a good story.
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That doesn’t mean you should be scored any differently from any other story. Nobody is stopping you. I’m not saying don’t have other types of diversity. I’m saying you shouldn’t be awarded for it.
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hm…disagree
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It’s not her own definition. It’s the definition. Ideologies are a big part of diversity. I think what we are aiming to show here is more “dismissing the exclusion of already existing elements” than to “try and include them”. They are already a part of diversity and thus they should be treated as such.
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I think a story is better when characters r different, realistic & more diverse, not just in appearance, but in personality. Bc sometimes I read a story & every character just sounds like the author. Ik it’s a basic element of a story, but, it’s often forgotten. There’s nothing wrong w pointing that out 
She’s not saying at all, that it’s more important than ethnic diversity, but it is a v important feature of writing, bc for example when someone is picked on, not everyone can come back w a thought thru roast that could’ve taken ages to write. Everyone is different, & often the differences like that between ppl in stories r often forgotten. 
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@Superhuello I’ll correct that, thanks.
@Jess_epi And, you’re free to! But I lived my life feeling like an outcast because people like me were silenced with bigotry, systematic oppression, and even threats of violence. That’s the same experience me, and a lot of people that benefit from this scoring system, have faced throughout their lives. That’s why we don’t need a reward system for different types of diversity.
Is that all that diversity is? No. Of course not. But the goal of that system is to reward certain kinds that have been neglected for a very long time. If you still don’t understand why it’s important to keep this system focused on certain groups, then the only thing I can do is encourage you to do your own research.
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I feel like there’s an underlying misunderstanding between two parts here.
Although I think the diversity sections were over divided in the OP (character, intention, and morals would all go under phisophical diversity imo), I do agree with OP in that diversity doesn’t only include race, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality (the most mentioned diversity classes on the forums, at least from my experience). If you look online for an extensive definition of the word, you’ll find that OP is mostly right.
I feel that the misunderstanding comes from the fact that most people would consider those added sections (character, morals, social class, etc.) merely as poor and lazy writing in case they were all missing in any given story. But since we live in a time period where some of the groups within the diversity umbrella are severely marginalized, people are going to notice the lack of racial, religious, or sexuality diversity in stories much more and are most likely to get mad and speak up about it. Not to mention, it’s much more likely that a story lacks ethnic diversity vs social status diversity, for example. This is what makes people mad 
Technically, overlooking the ‘’‘traditional’’’ diversity categories is just as lazy as missing philosophical, or education status diversity. Ideally, race, ethnicity, religion, etc. should all be a given in any story. We’ve just come to considering and treating them differently than other categories because not only is there a sever lack of them, but irl they’re also all oppressed classes.
All this to say, it doesn’t change the fact that OP is right, diversity as a term is much broader than that. People have simply started to feel strongly towards certain types due to societal issues.
Otherwise, I’m the one who misunderstood, in which case please educate me! 
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I think you covered it quite nicely! Thank you.
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I didn’t say it wasn’t important to keep it focused on certain groups- I kinda already explained my stance on it - I feel like @Superhuello said it best
and also
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Yes!
Diversity is much more than race, sexuality and ethnicity. And even then, if you have these things, these will also have different thoufhts, ideologies and experiences.
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