Suppose for example that you have a jar of red jelly beans and you add some green and purple ones. many people believe that the green and purple jelly beans represent diversity and that attention should be paid to them and their differences. I believe however that diversity is the collective mixture of jelly beans which are similar on one dimension size and different on another color . I believe as well that the relative visibility and complementarity of the beans is influenced greatly by the size and shape of the jar