http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...pers-1.2452426
The institute's CEO, Guy Huntingford, said Wednesday that Calgarians live where they're comfortable, not where they feel different.
"People go to specific areas, not just because of the actual built form but also because they feel comfortable. So the intent of that letter was to say it doesn't matter who you are, what you look like, who you are — you feel comfortable where you live."
In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, Huntingford apologized to anyone offended by the article.
"The article was intended to celebrate diversity rather than to offend. It was to encourage discussion about choices and why people choose a place to live based on a wide range of factors, one of which is because they feel comfortable there," he wrote.
"The article used examples in a goodwill effort to illustrate how some Calgarians might view themselves within the context of their neighbourhoods."
Except the actual article was saying the EXACT opposite. That it
does matter who you are, what you look like, who you are in terms of your "comfort level" within certain types of communities.
The article celebrates homogeneity and segregation of different people, not diversity.