You know, I'm all for diversity. Yay diversity! After all, it has helped me get into a top 10 law school, and has helped me get job offers that I probably don't deserve. It actually does have a place in law firms too - clients are increasingly demanding that the firms they work with have some diverse lawyers in their ranks.

Why?

I don't know. Whether you have an Asian, African American, Martian, or White lawyer structuring your merger with company X likely doesn't make a difference, but I have heard of the saying that the customer is always right.

That being said, the fact that I've benefited from my somewhat diverse background does not prevent me from making fun of how obsessed our society has become with it. Case in point? UVA has a "Chief Diversity Officer."

Lets play a quick game. Which of the following doesn't belong.

Executive
Financial
Operations
Diversity

Now, I've heard of a Chief Executive Officer. And a Chief Financial Officer. And a Chief Operating Officer. But Diversity? What does this guy even do? Its a good question, and is one that the Cavalier Daily has recently addressed.

I'll wager that most of you won't click the article, so I'll summarize. The CDO says his job is a "work in progress," and is "consistently evolving."

Translation: Nobody knew why I was hired, or what the job duties were or are (other than "help out our diversity!"), but I'm figuring it out as I go along.

"A lot of my days are taken up with meeting with people both on and off Grounds who can help us move forward."

Now that we're treating diversity as something as important as finances or operations, I wonder what the next steps are. I wonder if other universities and corporations will follow suit. And I wonder... how much more I will undeservedly benefit from it.