While White People Are NOT a Minority in the USA,

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51. Behold the beauty of a diverse world

I'm a white male boomer, born in 1951. When I was a kid, I turned on the TV and saw almost exclusively white people, in the shows and commercials. When I went to the movies, they were cast with mostly white people. When I read magazines, they were mostly about white people. When I turned on the radio, most of the singers were white. On the rare occasions I saw people of color, I was fascinated. Who were these folks? Why were they treated so different? I never could understand it.

I've been blessed to live in an age where all that has changed dramatically. Gradually, I began seeing black and brown people more in the media, on the street, in the stores, in school. I fell in love with black music on the radio. My best friend was Japanese-American, my next door neighbor was Mexican-American, my aunt's boyfriend was Black. All of this was wonderful. I felt like Dorothy emerging from a monochrome world into an Oz-like paradise of color and incredible diversity.

Who in their right mind would want to give that up? How can anyone feel threatened by the full spectrum of beauty the world has to offer? Going back to an all-white world would be like putting on blinders and blocking out most of what makes life worth living.