I think in some ways we have stopped looking for the ways we are the same and are only noticing the differences. Not only that but we seem to believe that only our group has basic human values. I have seen it in rural areas and urban groups, in college liberals and holy rollers.
I have had the fortune of growing up in a conservative rur…
I think in some ways we have stopped looking for the ways we are the same and are only noticing the differences. Not only that but we seem to believe that only our group has basic human values. I have seen it in rural areas and urban groups, in college liberals and holy rollers.
I have had the fortune of growing up in a conservative rural area, and then lived the last 30 years in a diverse immigrant working class neighborhood. How diverse? At one of our neighborhood street parties we had people born in 7 different countries on 5 different continents. That, skin color and language was the only real differences. They all had the same basic moral outlook, work ethic, plans for their children's future. Sure not everybody opens the door the same way and do little things that set them apart. You know the kind of ignorance that you see from tourist. But where it counts we all a much the same.
I think in some ways we have stopped looking for the ways we are the same and are only noticing the differences. Not only that but we seem to believe that only our group has basic human values. I have seen it in rural areas and urban groups, in college liberals and holy rollers.
I have had the fortune of growing up in a conservative rural area, and then lived the last 30 years in a diverse immigrant working class neighborhood. How diverse? At one of our neighborhood street parties we had people born in 7 different countries on 5 different continents. That, skin color and language was the only real differences. They all had the same basic moral outlook, work ethic, plans for their children's future. Sure not everybody opens the door the same way and do little things that set them apart. You know the kind of ignorance that you see from tourist. But where it counts we all a much the same.