Advance the Common Humanity

Advance Common Humanity

“Value the difference in people and their perceptions. Do not judge them as good or bad. When we rely on only our own experiences, we inevitably have an information shortage.”
Anonymous


I wish to specifically address the matter of how the above relates to our relationship with
people of varying racial and ethnic backgrounds but these thoughts apply to all mankind.

We often look at others with regard to their physical or personal characteristics by comparing them to those characteristics comprising our own makeup. We must see these as ingredients that yield a special product, never forgetting that we likely look and act as differently in the eyes of those same people. We are each equally unique and different.

If we are going to follow the “golden rule” of treatin...