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Originally Posted by MaxCat
Checking our own unconscious bias . . .
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.
Conscious inclusion creates natural diversity…and it starts with a choice. Be inclusive…it’s your choice.
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Inclusion into our American society means that one must be assimilated. Inclusion by itself without assimilation means that one resists being part of the whole. We have an American culture, not Polish, not German and not African. To be treated the same, or to be included as part of the American family, one must want to be assimilated into the American culture. We are Americans, not Polish-Americans, not German Americans and not African-Americans. Just plain Americans. And simple example of assimilation is black artists that sing country songs. They are not black country singers, just country singers. Country music is NOT a white thing; it's just an American thing.
Time to stop saying "a black man was killed by the police today" and just say "a man was killed by the police today..." The media and those wishing to separate and demean blacks, making them lower where they can control them tend to excuse their behavior when they violate rules, when they would not tolerate the same behavior from white folks. This is demeaning to blacks and makes them feel inferior. Expect the same behavior and ethics as you do with whites and they will shrug off the excuses, gain respect and become just as productive as the rest of America. To respect them is not to treat them special but to treat them with color blindness. And require the same from them. And some day all folks will treat blonds equal to other intelligent people.
