As a nation that is full of immigrants, except
Native Americans, one should be grateful for the freedoms, privileges and
opportunities they have. However, the
greatest nation in modern times continues to struggle with issues alone the
color line. Even with the advancement
in modern technology, sciences, research and health care, achieving diversity
in the work place, corporate board room, classroom, political office,
administration, and even in the neighbor is a problem.
Over the centuries many people of color in America
have died defending the basic core beliefs of freedom and the promise of the
land they love. Many put on the
uniform, march in the streets and participate in political campaigns, even when
they were mistreated and were denied basic human rights. Additionally, they endured being mislabel,
misguided, abused, left behind, non-renewed, omitted, pushed out,
disenfranchised, and looked down upon. They
believed in the promise of America… and
that promise was more than the weight of gold.
America is becoming a more diverse nation, just look
at the last presidential election.
Diversity won the day and sends a message that has to be heard. And with each passing day the world as we
know it has become flatter, more diverse and integrated. Overcoming the issues of diversity is a goal
for leaders, CEO’s, administrators, and businesses that get it and understand
what the big picture looks like. The
future is about diversity and it is about the world and no one wants to be left
behind. For it is also a world of
innovations, ideas and solutions. The
public and private businesses, organizations, communities, schools and colleges
who don’t get it or want to accept it will be left behind. Diversity is here… and here to stay.
In the movie Color Purple (1985), Ms. Celie, (played
by Whoopi Goldberg) is about to leave and travel with Shug Avery (played by
Margaret Avery), when her husband, Albert (played by Danny Glover) appears and
tells her… “…look at you. Your black,
you’re poor, you’re ugly, you’re a woman, you’re nothing at all! In
response, Ms. Celie, while looking up to the sky… makes this statement …“I’m poor, black; I may even be ugly. But dear God! I’m here! I am here!
So…
let’s pull off those shades and see the real world… it is a world and spectrum full
of colors.
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