Bhabha distinguishes cultural diversity from cultural difference as static versus dynamic views

Evidence

But even this may not be enough, since the recognition and incorporation of ethnic and cultural differences, even when allied to a critique of wider power relations, and the civic realm, does not necessarily resolve or redress the problem of essentialism. Indeed, the problem may be compounded, since an emphasis on distinctive ethnic and/or cultural boundaries may lead in turn to a further (unhelpful) implication of ethnic and/or cultural houndedness. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 949 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A sanitized melting-pot version of cultural diversity masks rather than advances transformation — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 73; Cultural difference originates situationally and may be a self-projection of the observer — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 280; Acknowledging cultural difference can compound rather than resolve essentialism by implying boundedness — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 949 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Acknowledging cultural difference can compound rather than resolve essentialism by implying boundedness #complicates (0.82) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 949