Every few years, there seems to be an eruption of diversity that causes the punditry to declare a “Year of the Woman,” or some other similarly meaningless title that ultimately fizzles and sends us back to business as usual.

Remember when we solved all the gender bias problems in 1992? That was declared “The Year of the Woman” because, with the election of Carol Moseley Braun, we had five women in the U.S. Senate.