How can we accept others without being educated about them? I don't think we can. Whether you want to believe it or not, we are different. Biologically, we are all the same, true. But things in the past SHAPE they way things in the present and things in the future happen. Our thoughts and experiences are what make us, not our skin color. We tend to bond with people with similar experiences, that's just a fact of life.
I am not a member of my sorority because we are all black, (we're not), I am a member of my sorority, because it is a great organization, period.
I don't ask that you start a movement to erradicate racism, I ask that you actively try to pursue the diversity that you want to see and try to help erradicate racism through different channels. Just saying "I think we should see each other for who we are and not for skin color" doesn't help anybody. Most people want that, but just talking about it isn't going to cut it. If you are not doing anything, than you really can't complain about it.
ZetaAce!
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