For Chief Red Hawk, diversity can be seen as two sides of the same coin.  Where many might see only differences, he believes similarities also play into an understanding of diversity.

Red Hawk Coinage


Red Hawk was the keynote speaker Monday at Iowa’s Mosaic Diversity Conference in Des Moines at the Polk County Convention Complex.

For Red Hawk, differences and similarities help to define what diversity means.  He said that any time two people are standing next to each other, there is diversity because no two people are exactly alike. 

His inclusive framing of the politically correct buzzword helped many in attendance understand that diverse relationships can mean more than simple differences in skin color or gender.

Red Hawk is a North Carolina Cherokee, related to the Oklahoma Cherokee.  He noted with a smile that the two geographically separated Cherokee groups generally dislike each other, but because they are the same tribe with different histories, they illustrate his point about similarities and differences being two sides of the same coin. 

Video available below the fold.In this video, Red Hawk explains his understanding of diversity and consciousness-raising.

Red Hawk followed his keynote speech with a workshop titled “A Motivational Approach to Understanding Diversity.”

Iowa’s Mosaic Diversity Conference continues on Tuesday.  More information available at: http://www.iowamosai…