Light one candle against discrimination 🕯️

We live in a rather strange times, where hate dominates our national conservation, with a White Supremist running our country. One who is concerned about the plight of the Jews – at least the White and Conservative Jews – and White South Afrikaaner farmers. But not so concerned about the Muslims, the Hispanics and African Americans. The President who took away honoring Martin Luther King in National Parks in favor of Flag Day, which just also happens to be his own birthday.

Truth is discrimination and cracking down on people who are different then you is bad regardless of how you cut it. Muslims have every much a right to practice their faith, seek refugee status as do any Jew. The US should help those seeking persecution and not be driving out or promoting discrimination against minorities or those who are not in political favor. We should instead be encouraging diversity, sharing ideas and learning the best of every culture to integrate into our own culture.

No one group has a monopoly on good ideas or knows the best ways of doing things. We are a complicated, diverse society, and things that are acceptable and normal in one area might not not acceptable in others. That doesn’t mean their wrong in all areas, but instead we should encourage tolerance, and embrace the creativity and diversity. We shouldn’t look down at people who are different then ourselves.