Some of my best friends are….

Steven Shimberg
Washington, DC

I envy our kids who seem to be colorblind and take diversity for granted. Having grown up in the 50’s and 60’s, I regret that my ability to understand fully, appreciate and relate to some of my friends’ life experiences is limited. Divides based on socio-economics are significant but divides based on race seem to be more significant and harder to bridge. If we can’t make the divide smaller, we need to build more bridges.