Katie Pethan
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
When we are able respect and understand the diverse cultural, economic, gender, age, ability, and racial experiences in the US and around the world, we will become more able to decrease discrimination and thereby increase our effectiveness. This is the core meaning behind, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” Our strength is in our diversity united together in a similar cause, not in assimilating everyone to have the same perspective. If we were to attempt to all become the same, or if we assume that we all are the same, we would lose our greatest advantage as a nation, and as a species that desperately needs to embrace new ideas, perspectives, and solutions to our pressing socio-economic-ecological challenges. I want us to be unafraid to discuss differences. It is worth our time and consideration.
