It occurs to me that President Obama's message of 'CHANGE IS NOW' and asking that all of us work together to create a greater America might actually imply that working together would create similar ideals and ideas.
Main Stream Media coverage of United States society seems to take every opportunity to celebrate diversity, the differences of individuals in our society. A major premise of the United States is the acceptance of different heritage and beliefs which includes all races. However, if we are to all work together toward common goals we need to remove diversity and beliefs from the forefront to be replaced with working together and common good.
Black History Month may have passed as a useful tool to educate US citizens. I believe Black History Month has gotten to the point where it has become a divisive tool. I don't recall when it started but I do know that I hear many non-blacks asking "Why don't we have an XXXXX History Month too?" Black History Month is divisive to a large segment of the US population. We need to ignore race and get on with life.
All racially designated items in our culture have passed their usefullness in a society that is celebrating all United States citizens coming together as a single entity to institute President Obama's goal of 'CHANGE IS NOW' in the way we live and do business. Diversity celebration needs to be minimized in today's society as it only creates ill-feelings among diverse groups. We should be embracing togetherness, not diversity.
Ponder it,
JD
2 comments:
Right on brother!
You said it!
Amen...Shout Alleluia! (hit spell check).
Just a good point.
Now lets have an average working white guy day!
I understand the rationale for your comment SavageMdUSA, however the last thing we would want to do is to create another 'race-based' event.
The goal we should strive for is the elimination of all 'race-based' celebratory events and a joining of all races and cultures to create meaningful 'CHANGE IS NOW' in the United States as advocated by President Obama.
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