conversation among some but it was called integration and tolerance back then. It was before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by seven years and the word diversity had a different definition. I still think that a better word, term or phrase might have been adopted. Perhaps, inclusion.
NOUN
a diversity of abstract design styles’
SYNONYMS
variety, miscellany, assortment, mixture, mix, melange, range, array, medley, multiplicity
variation, variance, diverseness, diversification, variegation, heterogeneity, difference, unlikeness, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, contrast
ANTONYMS
uniformity