After emailing the author Hillol Ray, asking for permission to use this poem, gave his blessings replying, "This is my voluntary contribution to create awareness about Diversity" and invited me to use any other poem from this site, http://iwvpa.net/rayh/.
Please read the following poem by Hillol Ray slowly.
I really like the last paragraph:
"So, let us all now blend our ethnic voice,
To kill any prejudice, or color of choice !
Progress via Diversity: let it be the key -
Around the globe, from heaven to sea !!!
This brings to mind while driving back from my St. John's Oblate Retreat two weeks ago I was reflecting about the weekend and how I was feeling guilty for having ill feelings for one of my fellow Oblates.
It struck me at that moment how we all have people that we come in contact with that we don't exactly care for but we get through it or work it out.
I then thought of many comments relayed to me this past seven years, or my own thoughts at certain times, when taken advantage of by a person of another culture in my work place, the Diversity Coalition, cut off in traffic, or abusing their own cultures, how we judge the whole culture for one person's action.
Why can't we see each person no matter of their race, color or creed as a single human being, not a culture. Why don't we start looking at the action of each person no matter what culture. Let's embrace the many wonderful things of each culture and not dwell on the negative. So, let us all now blend our ethnic voice.
Have a gentle day, Milo
For another Diversity Poem entitled "DIALOGUE A Seed for Global Relations" Click on Heading- Diversity Poem & Thoughts.
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