Respect, tolerance, cultural awareness, and diversity are lessons best served young.
Post Jim Crow and segregation, America’s multi-cultural children (the Rainbow Generation) were free to play, laugh, and share life together, they also realized their equality of creation. Sure they noticed the color of each others skin, but moreover, they noticed what they had in common. Sharing the same dreams, joys, disappointments, and pains, the Rainbow Generation was free to respect and appreciate their obvious differences, while celebrating and embracing their range of commonality. As they grew and matured, this diverse and culturally aware generation went off to college together and became adults together, they also worked together and shared communities together.
As an era of Jim Crow and segregation came to a close, many would agree, America’s Rainbow Generation can take credit for reducing racism and bigotry in America.
As a result, this generation is less likely to exit the political debate in order to express their objection, or disagreement, to an issue using racial overtones, slurs, and insensitivity's.
Racial unity taught early, can be lived daily, even in the midst of political indifference.
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