You&#x27;re wrong because you&#x27;re making the assumption that diversity programs are intended to promote hatred of anyone.  That is the <i>opposite</i> of what they are intended for.<p>We are sadly forced to &quot;categorize&quot; people of certain &quot;races&quot; because when you in fact meet an enormously successful astrophysicist who is African American, that person almost certainly had to achieve that status in the face of many completely intractable obstacles put up by society, compared to an enormously successful astrophysicist who is white and had no such obstacles.<p>Now, any person that achieves anything had to overcome obstacles; however if you met a successful scientist who was say, an injured Iraq war veteran, or someone who went through struggles above and beyond what most of us go through, you&#x27;d likely give that person some credit for achievement in the face of very great obstacles.  Looking at the plight of African Americans in this country in a critical fashion would reveal that they also are subject to significant struggles that should be acknowledged.<p>Nowhere in that above sentiment lies any notion of spreading hatred towards white people.  Only that, since I&#x27;m not an Iraq war veteran, I don&#x27;t get to run up on stage and claim a purple heart.