We need to appreciate ourselves and others in the beautiful and diverse way that God made us and celebrate those differences. We have to use diversity as a process of discovery and acceptance. And in my case, with a racially mixed heritage, if God made me black and white, praise God twice. We have to use diversity as a process of discovery and acceptance, of celebration of differences and not think of differences as problems. Most importantly, we must learn to reject rejection instead of rejecting ourselves and each other.
Education universalizes the human spirit.
You cannot be universalized if you are only in one world, the world of your ethnic group, the world of your neighborhood, the world of your religion, or the world of your family. The word university is related to this idea. Our lives are enhanced when we understand and appreciate many worlds. It has been said that if you gain a new language, you gain a new world. It has been said that if you gain a new language, you gain a new world.