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T he field of diversity training and development is nothing if not diverse in itself. Not only are the professionals involved in the work a diverse group, but the perspectives they employ represent the spectrum of organizational contexts and disciplinary breadth. Further, the clients for all of this effort are equally diverse, coming from all corners of the planet as immigrants, transferees, and refugees, as well as from the domestic groups traditionally associated with the US diversity movement. While the cliché of a “global village” and the repetition of the “changing workforce” are a mantra in the diversity literature, the reality of our work requires a deeper examination of what we are about. Here we are referring not to why we do the work, but rather why we do the work the way we choose to do it.