Zócalo Public Square

We tend to think that both democracy and diversity are good things; many of us even say that diversity is a strength. But others have argued that our polyglot nation is too big, too complex - simply too diverse - to boast a healthy and vibrant democracy. The Almanac of American Politics author Michael Barone, University of California Irvine sociologist Jennifer Lee, and City University of New York scholar Richard Alba examined America's divisions in a Zócalo/Cal Humanities event moderated by Zócalo California editor Joe Mathews.