DEI

Diversity, equity and inclusion. The big three of current culture. Democracy built on a foundation of fairness, morality and equality. A moral compass America has heralded for more than 250 years.

We are a nation of differences. We are a nation that melds ideas to birth new ones. We are a nation of fellowship and sharing. We are nurturers of diversity to produce rich outcomes only reached by competing ideas and values. Yes, values.

I am a native of this land. But at some time centuries before, a family member came to this country and built a family that became my roots. Along the way other families with other roots married into my family exploding our diversity even more. Combining these roots produces myriad diversities. In this way different nationalities have been a part of my family and nation for a very long time. Yours, too.

In the diversity of family are differences which need to meld with everyone else’s. This is the base of equity, one person being equal to another, no primary or secondary ranking being a part of the relationship. Equal to, not better. Not worse. Equal. You, too.

Being a part of the whole is who we are without any engineering. We are included because we exist. We are equal. Different as well. This melding is a lengthy process of becoming an emergent culture and society. Each particle of our existence brings another element of richness and diversity.

Artificial separation of people due to differences reduces the richness of our organizations and governance. Our industries. Our being.

A nation that recognizes and celebrates its cellular diversities and ethnicities, comes to know and understand the sources of its richness. Consciously allowing that to mix and mingle with everyone else is inclusion. That means you and I are in the same society, equal, and diverse. Included in one social order, one nationality. Yours and mine.

Honoring DEI encourages us to respect each other and gain the value of our individual talents, our creativity and oneness. That makes us. We. As in We The People.

Ignoring DEI lessens us in so many ways. Resist such ignorance. Choose enrichment.

April 16, 2025

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